USS Duncan (DD-46)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Duncan.
The first USS Duncan (DD-46) was a Cassin-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Commander Silas Duncan.
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USS Duncan (DD-46) making dense smoke on speed trials 5 July 1913. | |
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United States | |
Name | Duncan |
Namesake | Commander Silas Duncan |
Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Cost | $794,277.06[1] |
Laid down | 17 June 1912 |
Launched | 5 April 1913 |
Sponsored by | Miss D. Clark |
Commissioned | 30 August 1913 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1922 |
Stricken | 8 March 1935 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1935 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Cassin-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,014 long tons (1,030 t)[3] |
Length | 305 ft 3 in (93.04 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (mean)[3] |
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Complement | 5 officers 98 enlisted[4] |
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Duncan was launched on 5 April 1913 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss D. Clark; and commissioned on 30 August 1913.