USS Simpson (DD-221)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Simpson.
USS Simpson (DD-221/APD-27/AG-97) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Rear Admiral Edward Simpson.
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USS Simpson (DD-221) anchored off San Diego, California, during the early 1920s. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Edward Simpson |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 487 |
Laid down | 9 October 1919 |
Launched | 28 April 1920 |
Commissioned | 3 November 1920 |
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Decommissioned | 29 March 1946 |
Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4+1ā2 in (95.82 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11+1ā2 in (9.436 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
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Simpson was laid down on 9 October 1919 by William Cramp & Sons; launched on 28 April 1920; sponsored by Miss Caroline Sterett Simpson, daughter of Rear Admiral Simpson; and commissioned on 3 November 1920.