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USS Kilty
Wickes-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Kilty (DD–137) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the first ship named for Admiral Augustus Kilty.
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Namesake | Augustus Kilty |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Laid down | 15 December 1917 |
Launched | 25 April 1918 |
Commissioned | 17 December 1918 |
Decommissioned | 5 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 18 December 1939 |
Decommissioned | 2 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 16 November 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 August 1946 |
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Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 1 x 1-pounder. (0.454 kg) |
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Kilty was launched 25 April 1918 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Harrison Shapley; and commissioned 17 December 1918.