USS Dent
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USS Dent (DD–116) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I and later served as APD-9 in World War II. She was named for Captain John H. Dent.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | John H. Dent |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 453 |
Laid down | 30 August 1917 |
Launched | 23 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 9 September 1918 |
Decommissioned | 7 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 15 May 1930 |
Decommissioned | 4 December 1945 |
Reclassified | APD-9, 7 March 1943 |
Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
Fate | Sold, 13 June 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
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