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USS Aulick (DD-258)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Aulick.
The second USS Aulick (DD-258) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Burnham (H82) during World War II.
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Name | USS Aulick |
Namesake | John H. Aulick |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy |
Cost | $1,219,870 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Laid down | 3 December 1918 |
Launched | 11 April 1919 |
Commissioned | 26 July 1919 |
Decommissioned | 8 October 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-258 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 8 October 1940 |
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Name | HMS Burnham |
Acquired | 8 October 1940 |
Commissioned | 8 October 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: H82 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, March 1947 |
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Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,308 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4+1ā2 inches (95.822 m) |
Beam | 30 feet 11+1ā2 inches (9.436 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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