USS Fox (DD-234)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Fox.
USS Fox (DD-234/AG-85) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth ship named for Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War.
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United States | |
Namesake | Gustavus Vasa Fox |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 25 June 1918 |
Launched | 12 June 1919 |
Commissioned | 17 May 1920 |
Decommissioned | 2 February 1931 |
Recommissioned | 1 April 1932 |
Decommissioned | 16 September 1938 |
Recommissioned | 25 September 1939 |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-85, 1 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 November 1945 |
Stricken | 19 December 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 12 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
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Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 5" 5 in (130 mm), 1 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
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