USS Israel
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Israel |
| Namesake | Joseph Israel |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 26 January 1918 |
| Launched | 22 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 13 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 7 July 1922 |
| Reclassified | 17 July 1920, DM-3 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1936 |
| Fate | Sold, 18 April 1939 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Israel (DD-98) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following.
Namesake
Joseph Israel was born c. 1780. He entered the Navy as Midshipman on 15 January 1801. He served on USS Maryland during the Quasi-War with France and on USS Chesapeake, USS New York and USS Constitution during the First Barbary War. Midshipman Israel was killed 4 September 1804 when ketch USS Intrepid exploded in the harbor of Tripoli during the night effort to destroy the enemy shipping led by Lieutenant Richard Somers.
A monument to the memory of Israel and his fellow officers and men stands on the grounds of the
History
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Sailing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 4 March 1921, Israel cruised along the East Coast until 5 July when she joined Mine Squadron 1, Atlantic Fleet, at Gloucester, Massachusetts. During the remainder of the year she engaged in mining practice and exercises on the East Coast; and from January to April 1922, participated in fleet exercises based at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Israel arrived in Philadelphia 15 May 1922 and decommissioned there 7 July. Remaining inactive during the following years, she was reduced to a hulk in 1936 in accordance with the London Treaty. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 25 January 1937, and she was sold to the Union Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, Maryland for scrap on 18 April 1939.
References
- ^ Jacob Rader Marcus (1989). United States Jewry, 1776-1985. Wayne State University Press. p. 103.
- ^ "HMS Cardiff, light cruiser – British warships of World War 1".
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
