USS Stockton: Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

USS Stockton

Image: U.S. Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

Name	USS Stockton	Wikidata label
Ship type	destroyer	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom, United States	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy, United States Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Scotland	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 11 km from land
Position	56.0652, -2.7676	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

USS Stockton (DD-73), a Caldwell-class destroyer, in commission in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1922 — seeing service in World War I — and briefly during 1940. She later served in the Royal Navy as HMS Ludlow during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for Commodore Robert F. Stockton (1795–1866).

Location

Recorded position: 56.0652, -2.7676 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Sea
Nearest coast: Scotland

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article USS Stockton (DD-73) (revision 1376214520), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.