U.S. World War II Destroyer Squadrons-- Part 1

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While doing research on the USS Somers and Omaha, who captured the German blockade-runner Odenwald, I came across the name of a Destroyer Squadron Nine, which evidently took up duty in the Caribbean/South Atlantic area after the U.S. entered the war and there was no longer a need for a "Neutrality Patrol" which was what the Somers and Omaha were in when the capture was made.

According to Wikipedia, a destroyer squadron is a group of naval ships or flotilla usually consisiting of just destroyers. The U.S. Navy acronym for it is DESRON today, but during WWII, DesRon.

A Destroyer Squadron at full strength consisted of two Destroyer Divisions of four ships each and usually a flagship.

--GreGen