USS Delphy
USS Delphy at Boston Navy Yard on 28 October 1919
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Delphy |
Namesake | Richard Delphy |
Builder | Squantum Victory Yard |
Laid down | 20 April 1918 |
Launched | 18 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 30 November 1918 |
Decommissioned | 26 October 1923 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.8 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 120 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Delphy (DD-261) was a
Namesake
Richard Delphy was born c. 1795. He was appointed Midshipman on 18 May 1809 and served during the engagement with HMS Macedonian on 25 October 1812. He was killed in the action in which USS Argus lost to HMS Pelican on 14 August 1813.
History
Delphy was
Before joining the
Delphy sailed 19 November 1919 from Boston for the west coast, arriving at
Honda Point
Between 22 July 1921 and 20 March 1922 Delphy operated from San Diego with 50 percent of her complement, and then was overhauled. She cruised with the Battle Fleet for exercises off Balboa from 6 February to 11 April 1923, and then carried out experiments with torpedoes off San Diego. On 25 June she got underway with Destroyer Division 31 for a cruise to Washington for summer maneuvers with the Battle Fleet on the return passage.
Delphy, under the command of
She was decommissioned as of 26 October 1923, and sold as a wreck 19 October 1925.
As of 2007, no other US Navy ships have been named Delphy.
Notes
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Charles Hocking (1990). Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During The Age of Steam. The London Stamp Exchange, London. ISBN 0-948130-687., 184.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.