USS Herbert
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USS Herbert (DD-160) was a Wickes-class destroyer. She was named for Hilary A. Herbert (1834–1919), Secretary of the Navy from 1893 to 1897.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Hilary A. Herbert |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 9 April 1918 |
Launched | 8 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 21 November 1919 |
Decommissioned | 27 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Reclassified | High-speed transport, APD-22, 1 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 25 September 1945 |
Stricken | 24 October 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 23 May 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 124 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 3 x 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns, 12 x 21-inch (533 mm) tt. |
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