USS Bernadou
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USS Bernadou (DD–153) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander John Bernadou. Bernadou was launched on 7 November 1918 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia. The ship was sponsored by Miss Cora Winslow Bernadou, Commander Bernadou's sister. The destroyer was commissioned on 19 May 1919.
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USS Bernadou in November 1921 | |
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United States | |
Name | Bernadou |
Namesake | John Bernadou |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $1,448,315.46 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Yard number | 468 |
Laid down | 4 June 1918 |
Launched | 7 November 1918 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1919 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1922 |
Identification | DD-153 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Decommissioned | 17 July 1945 |
Stricken | 13 August 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,154 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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