USS Lansdale (DD-101)
_at_Venice,_Italy_in_1919_(NH_51246).jpg) USS Lansdale at Venice, Italy, in 1919.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Lansdale |
| Namesake | Philip Van Horne Lansdale |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 20 April 1918 |
| Launched | 21 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 26 October 1918 |
| Reclassified | Light minelayer, DM-6, 11 July 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 25 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 24 March 1931 |
| Stricken | 25 January 1937 |
| Fate | Hulked 28 December 1936 Sold 16 March 1939 |
| 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 Lansdale (DD-101) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, DM-6 in the years following. She was named in honor of Philip Van Horne Lansdale.
History
Lansdale was
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. The ship was launched on 21 July 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Ethel S. Lansdale, widow of Lieutenant Lansdale. The destroyer was commissioned on 26 October 1918 at Boston
.
Assigned to the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
on 10 June, she steamed to Gibraltar and the Azores and reached New York on 22 June.
During the next year Lansdale operated along the Atlantic coast with Destroyer Force,
Culebra Island on 19 April, she arrived at Philadelphia on 25 April and decommissioned
on 25 June.
Lansdale recommissioned on 1 May 1930 at Philadelphia. She joined Mine Squadron 1 at
Baltimore, Maryland
.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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