USS Flusser (DD-20)

USS Flusser (DD-20) in 1909 during trials making 26 knots, note funnel arrangement.
History
United States
Name	Flusser
Namesake	Lieutenant commander Charles W. Flusser
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	3 August 1908
Launched	20 July 1909
Sponsored by	Miss Genevieve Virden, grand-niece of Lieutenant Commander Flusser
Commissioned	28 October 1909
Decommissioned	14 July 1919
Stricken	15 September 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: DD-20
Fate	Sold, 15 November 1919 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Smith-class destroyer
Displacement	700 long tons (710 t) normal
Length	293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Draft	10 ft 7 in (3,230 mm)
Speed	31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement	89 officers and crew
Armament	5 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Flusser (DD–20) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second ship named for Lieutenant commander Charles W. Flusser.

Construction

Flusser was launched on 20 July 1909, by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss Genevieve Virden, grandniece of Commander Flusser; and commissioned on 28 October 1909.

Pre-World War I

Flusser arrived at

• Lieutenant William Henry Allen (12 October 1911-August 1912) (Later Rear admiral)
• Lieutenant
  William Halsey, Jr. (August 1912-5 September 1913) (Later Fleet Admiral
  )

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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