USS Broome
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USS Broome (DD-210/AG-96) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named after Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel John L. Broome.
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USS Broome (DD-210) in port, circa 1919–1920. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | John L. Broome |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $892,802 (hull & machinery)[1] |
Yard number | 476 |
Laid down | 8 October 1918 |
Launched | 14 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 31 October 1919 |
Decommissioned | 30 December 1922 |
Recommissioned | 5 February 1930 |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-96, 23 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 20 May 1946 |
Fate | Sold 20 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
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