USS Tattnall (DD-125)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Tattnall.
USS Tattnall (DD–125) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Captain Josiah Tattnall III.
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United States | |
Namesake | Josiah Tattnall III |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 1 December 1917 |
Launched | 5 September 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 June 1919 |
Decommissioned | 15 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Decommissioned | 17 December 1945 |
Reclassified | APD-19 on 24 July 1943 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 October 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.822 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.430 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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Tattnall was laid down at Camden, New Jersey, on 1 December 1917 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 5 September 1918; sponsored by Miss Sarah Campbell Kollock; and commissioned on 26 June 1919.