USS Palmer
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USS Palmer (DD-161) was a Wickes-class destroyer of the United States Navy, later converted to a minesweeper and reclassified as DMS-5. She was named for Rear Admiral James Shedden Palmer USN (1810–1867).
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USS Palmer underway, at high speed, probably during sea trials | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Palmer |
Namesake | James Shedden Palmer |
Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 29 May 1918 |
Launched | 18 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 22 November 1918 |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1922 |
Recommissioned | 7 August 1940 |
Fate | Sunk in battle, 7 January 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,191 long tons (1,210 t) |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
Propulsion | Steam turbines |
Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns, 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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Palmer was laid down on 29 May 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. The ship was launched on 18 August 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Robert C. Hilliard, and commissioned on 22 November 1918.