the River Tyne. Her service to the Allied cause, however, had not quite ended. Soviet Navy service On 26 August 1944, she was transferred to the Soviet Navy and renamed Druzhny (rus. Дружный, "Friendly"). There is some disagreement on her career in the Soviet Navy. Western sources indicate she was cannibalized to provide spare parts for eight sister ships provided to the Soviet Union in late 1944; one Russian source indicates she was used on active duty from 23 September 1944 until the end of the war, and was returned in August 1952 to Britain where she was sold for scrap. Notes References External links navsource.org: USS Yarnall hazegray.org: USS Yarnall U-boat.net: Dostojnyj Wickes-class destroyers Ships built by William Cramp & Sons 1918 ships Town-class destroyers of the Royal Navy Town-class destroyers converted from Wickes-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom Town-class destroyers of the Royal Norwegian Navy World War II destroyers of Norway Town-class destroyers of the Soviet Navy World War II destroyers of the Soviet Union