USS Southard
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USS Southard (DD-207/DMS-10) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second Navy ship named for Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard (1787–1842).
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USS Southard (DD-207) underway on 20 April 1932. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Samuel L. Southard |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 473 |
Laid down | 18 August 1918 |
Launched | 31 March 1919 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1919 |
Decommissioned | 7 February 1922 |
Recommissioned | 6 January 1930 |
Reclassified | Destroyer minesweeper, DMS-10, 19 October 1940 |
Decommissioned | 5 December 1945 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Honors and awards | 10 × battle stars |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.82 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.741 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km at 28 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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