USS Hale (DD-133)
Wickes-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Hale.
The first USS Hale (DD–133) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Caldwell (I20). She was named for Senator Eugene Hale.
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USS Hale at Venice, Italy in 1919 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Hale |
Namesake | Eugene Hale |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 7 October 1918 |
Launched | 29 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 12 June 1919 |
Decommissioned | 22 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Decommissioned | 9 April 1937 |
Recommissioned | 30 September 1939 |
Decommissioned | 9 September 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-133 |
Fate | Transferred to UK, 9 September 1940 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Caldwell |
Acquired | 9 September 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number:I20 |
Fate | Scrapped, September 1944 |
Notes | In Royal Canadian Navy service mid-1942 to 1 December 1943 |
Canada | |
Name | Caldwell |
Acquired | mid-1942 |
Fate | Returned to United Kingdom, 1 December 1943 |
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 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
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