USS Stribling (DD-96)
_at_Venice,_Italy,_on_10_April_1919.jpg) USS Stribling at Venice, Italy, on 10 April 1919
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Stribling |
| Namesake | Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 14 December 1917 |
| Launched | 29 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 16 August 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1922 |
| Reclassified | 17 July 1920, DM-1 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1936 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, January 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,191 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 108 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Stribling (DD-96) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. She was the first ship named in honor of Cornelius Stribling.
Construction and commissioning
Stribling was
Fore River Shipbuilding Company. The ship was launched on 29 May 1918, sponsored by Miss Mary Calvert Stribling. The destroyer was commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard
on 16 August 1918.
Service history
On 31 August 1918, Stribling departed
Marseilles on 10 October 1918. For the next month, she made several Gibraltar-to-Marseilles circuits with Allied
convoys.
After the
Portsmouth Navy Yard for overhaul and repairs before being placed in reduced commission at Philadelphia. There, she was converted to a light minelayer
and, on 17 July 1920, she was redesignated DM-1.
In September 1921, she departed Philadelphia and teamed to the
San Pedro, California
, where she was sunk as a target in January 1937.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- NavSource Photos
- USS Stribling in Glenn Mills World War I Photograph Album, Iowa Women's Archives Repository, Iowa Digital Library
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