U.S. Battleship Division Nine in World War II

From Wikipedia.

This division consisted of four (later five) dreadnaught battleships from the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet which were sent over to help the British Grand Fleet.

These ships arrived December 6, 1917, as mentioned in the World War Timeline on Monday.

The first four were the USS New York, Wyoming, Florida and Delaware.  All were capable of doing 21 knots and mounted ten to twelve 12-inch to 14-inch cannons in their main armament.  They were accompanied by the destroyer USS Manley on their way over.

While in Britain, the division was deployed mostly in convoy duty and maintained the blockade, keeping the German High Seas Fleet in port.

--Cooter

World War I Chronology, December 1917: Sinking of the USS Jacob Jones

From the VFW magazine , April 1917.

DECEMBER 6--  The U.S. destroyer Jacob Jones is torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 64 lives near the Scilly Isles.

DECEMBER 6--  U.S. Battleship Division 9 arrives at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys to reinforce the British Grand Fleet as the 6th Battle Squadron.

--DaCoot