USS Bainbridge (DD-246)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Bainbridge.
The third USS Bainbridge (DD-246) was a united States Navy Clemson-class destroyer in commission from 1921 to 1930, from 1932 to 1937, and from 1939 to 1945. She served during World War II. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, who served in the War of 1812 and the First and Second Barbary Wars.
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Name | USS Bainbridge |
Namesake | William Bainbridge |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 27 May 1919 |
Launched | 12 June 1920 |
Sponsored by | Miss Juliet Edith Greene |
Commissioned | 9 February 1921 |
Decommissioned | 23 December 1930 |
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Decommissioned | 20 November 1937 |
Recommissioned | 26 September 1939 |
Decommissioned | 21 July 1945 |
Stricken | November 1945 |
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Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,216 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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Complement | 137 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/25 gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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