USS Pruitt
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USS Pruitt (DD-347/DM-22/AG-101) was a United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer in commission from 1920 to 1945. She saw service during World War II. She was named for United States Marine Corps Corporal John H. Pruitt, a World War I Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action Western Front on 4 October 1918[1][2] during the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge.
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USS Pruitt as DD-347, sometime between 1920 and 1937. | |
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United States | |
Name | Pruitt (DD-347) |
Namesake | John H. Pruitt (1896–1918), Medal of Honor recipient |
Operator | United States Navy |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 18 June 1919 |
Launched | 2 August 1920 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Belle Pruitt |
Commissioned | 2 September 1920 |
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Decommissioned | 16 November 1945 |
Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped 1946 |
Notes | The last of the "four-stack" destroyers |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
Installed power | 26,500 shp (19,800 kW) |
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Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 195 officers and enlisted |
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