USS Hart (DD-110)
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United States | |
Namesake | Ezekiel Hart and John E. Hart |
Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 8 January 1918 |
Launched | 4 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 May 1919 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1931 |
Reclassified | 17 July 1920, DM-8. |
Stricken | 11 November 1931 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 February 1932 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) (design) |
Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (design) |
Complement | 6 officers, 108 enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS Hart (DD-110) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I.
Namesakes
Ezekiel Bishop Hart was born c. 1795. He entered the Navy as a Midshipman on 30 April 1814. He was killed in the action of Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron on Lake Ontario on 26 August 1814.
John E. Hart was appointed a Midshipman on 23 February 1841. He served on various ships of the fleet, and was appointed Lieutenant Commander in July 1862. Commanding USS Albatross, Hart served in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the American Civil War and engaged two Confederate steamers in the Red River near Fort DeRussy on 4 May 1863. He died of fever contracted on duty on the Mississippi River on 11 June 1863.
Description
The Wickes class was an improved and faster version of the preceding
Performance differed radically between the ships of the class, often due to poor workmanship. The Wickes class was powered by two
The ships were armed with four
Construction and career
Hart, named in honor of
Ordered to San Diego, California, for deactivation, Hart sailed from Manila, 12 December 1930 and arrived at San Diego 24 January 1931. She decommissioned 1 June 1931, and her name was struck from the Navy List 11 November. Hart was sold for scrap 25 February 1932 in accordance with the London Treaty for the limitation of naval armaments.
Notes
References
- Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.