USS Whipple (DD-217)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Whipple.
USS Whipple (DD- 217/AG-117), a Clemson-class destroyer was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Captain Abraham Whipple (1733–1819), who served in the Continental Navy.
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USS Whipple circa 1921 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Whipple |
Namesake | Abraham Whipple |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 483 |
Laid down | 12 June 1919 |
Launched | 6 November 1919 |
Commissioned | 23 April 1920 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 September 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,308 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.436 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
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