USS J. Fred Talbott
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For ships with a similar name, see USS Talbot.
USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156), named for Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (1843–1918), Representative from Maryland Second District from 1879 to 1885, from 1893 to 1895 and again from 1903 to 1918, was a Wickes-class destroyer.
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United States | |
Name | J. Fred Talbott |
Namesake | Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 471 |
Laid down | 8 July 1918 |
Launched | 14 December 1918 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1919 |
Decommissioned | 18 January 1923 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-81, 25 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 21 May 1946 |
Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 22 December 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
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