USS Philip (DD-76)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Philip.
The first USS Philip (DD–76) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lancaster. She was named for John Woodward Philip.
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United States | |
Name | USS Philip |
Namesake | John Woodward Philip |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 1 September 1917 |
Launched | 25 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 24 August 1918 |
Decommissioned | 29 May 1922 |
Recommissioned | 25 February 1930 |
Decommissioned | 2 April 1937 |
Recommissioned | 30 September 1939 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 23 October 1940 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Lancaster |
Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
Decommissioned | July 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1090 tons (1107 tons) |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 134 officers and enlisted |
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