USS Babbitt
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Not to be confused with USS Babette II.
USS Babbitt (DD–128) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II, later classified as AG-102. She was named for Fitz Babbitt. As of 2010, no other ship in the United States Navy has borne this name.
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USS Babbitt in harbor | |
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United States | |
Name | Babbitt |
Namesake | Fitz Babbitt |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Cost | $1,437,440 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Laid down | 19 February 1918 |
Launched | 30 September 1918 |
Commissioned | 24 October 1919 |
Decommissioned | 15 June 1922 |
Identification | DD-128 |
Recommissioned | 4 April 1930 |
Decommissioned | 25 January 1946 |
Reclassified | AG-102, 10 June 1945 |
Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 5 June 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,211 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) Ship propulsion= |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
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