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USS Noa (DD-343)
US Navy Clemson-class destroyer in service 1921–1944 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Noa.
The first USS Noa (DD-343/APD-24) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Midshipman Loveman Noa. At the beginning of World War II she was converted to a High-speed transport and redesignated APD-24.
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Namesake | Loveman Noa |
Ordered | 6 October 1917 |
Builder | Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia |
Laid down | 18 November 1918 |
Launched | 28 June 1919 |
Commissioned | 15 February 1921 |
Decommissioned | 11 November 1934 |
Recommissioned | 1 April 1940 |
Fate | Sank following collision 12 September 1944 |
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Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 feet 6 inches (95.86 m) |
Beam | 30 feet 8 inches (9.35 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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Complement | 150 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 4 × 3 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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