USS Graham
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | William A. Graham |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 7 September 1918 |
| Launched | 22 March 1919 |
| Commissioned | 13 March 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1922 |
| Stricken | 4 May 1922 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 19 September 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 310 ft (94 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.436 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Graham (DD-192) was a
Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Secretary of the Navy William A. Graham
(1804–1875).
History
Graham was
Norfolk Navy Yard
, 13 March 1920.
Assigned to the
International Cup Race, under the auspices of the New York Yacht Club
, beginning 15 July 1920 and on alternate days thereafter until 27 July when the Race was completed.
Graham then joined the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet at
Callao, Peru, and Balboa, Canal Zone, before returning to Hampton Roads. There she took part in the Presidential Fleet Review at Norfolk, Virginia, in April 1921. She also participated in the bombing tests on former German ships off the Virginia coast that summer. On 27 October, in company with the 20th Division, she escorted S.S. Paris, on which General Foch was a passenger, to New York, and convoyed that ship up Ambrose Channel, New York. Then she commenced antiaircraft practice. On 12 November 1921 she had a change of status from operative commission to reduced complement. She was en route to New York from Charleston, South Carolina, when on 16 December she collided with SS Panama off the New Jersey
coast and had to return to New York.
Graham decommissioned at
New York Navy Yard
31 March 1922, and was sold for scrapping, 19 September 1922.
As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named Graham.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- history.navy.mil: USS Graham Archived 2005-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- navsource.org: USS Graham
- hazegray.org: USS Graham
