USS DECATUR (DD-341)

USS Decatur (DD-341) underway, probably during the Fleet Review, 04 June 1927. 

248k	USS Decatur (DD-341) transiting the Panama Canal during the 1920s or 1930s.

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USS Decatur (DD-341) transiting the Panama Canal during the 1920s or 1930s.

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,000 SHP; Parsons Design Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard September 15 1920.
Launched October 29 1921 and commissioned August 9 1922.
Decommissioned July 28 1945.
Stricken August 13 1945.

Fate Sold November 30 1945 to Boston Metals, Baltimore for $8,777 then resold to Northern Metals, Philadelphia and broken up for scrap.*

 

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