USS Allen (DD-66)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Allen.
USS Allen (DD-66) was a Sampson-class destroyer of the United States Navy launched in 1916. She was the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant William Henry Allen (1784–1813), a naval officer during the War of 1812. She was the longest-serving destroyer on the Naval Vessel Register when she was sold in 1946 and was one of the few US Navy ships completed during World War I to serve in World War II.
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Name | USS Allen |
Namesake | Lieutenant William Henry Allen (1784–1813) |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 10 May 1915 |
Launched | 5 December 1916 |
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Decommissioned |
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Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
Identification | DD-66 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 26 September 1946. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sampson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,111 tons (normal), 1,225 tons (full load) |
Length | 315 ft 3 in (96.09 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
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Speed | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h) |
Complement | 99 officers and crew |
Sensors and processing systems | Fitted with radar in WW-2, SC and SU type antennas seen mounted on ship by late 1942. |
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