USS Maury (DD-100)
Wickes-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Maury.
The first USS Maury (DD-100) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. She was named in honor of Matthew Fontaine Maury.
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USS Maury at Gibraltar, circa 1919 | |
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United States | |
Name | Maury |
Namesake | Matthew Fontaine Maury |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 4 May 1918 |
Launched | 4 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1918 |
Decommissioned | 19 March 1930 |
Reclassified | 17 July 1920, DM-5 |
Stricken | 22 October 1930 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1 May 1934 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,199 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 133 officers and enlisted |
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