USS Herbert
Service
- 21 November 1919 — 25 September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Herbert
- Namesake
- Hilary A. Herbert
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
- Laid down
- 9 April 1918
- Launched
- 8 May 1919
- Commissioned
- 21 November 1919
- Decommissioned
- 27 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 1 May 1930
- Struck
- 24 October 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 23 May 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,090 long tons (1,107 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 124
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Herbert was a Wickes-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Hilary A. Herbert. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey laid her keel on 9 April 1918. Launched on 8 May 1919, she entered service on 21 November 1919.
104 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Caldwell-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Clemson-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,090 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 124.
Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 June 1922. She recommissioned on 1 May 1930. She was struck from the register on 24 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 23 May 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in/50 guns, 3 x 3 in/23 guns, 12 x 21-inch (533 mm) tt.
Sister ships
- HMCS Annapolis (I04)
- HMCS Caldwell (I20)
- HMCS Chelsea (I35)
- HMCS Columbia (I49)
- HMCS Georgetown (I40)
- HMCS Hamilton (I24)
- HMCS Leamington (G19)
- HMCS Lincoln (G42)
- HMCS Mansfield (G76)
- HMCS Montgomery (G95)
- HMCS Niagara (I57)
- HMCS Richmond (G88)
- HMCS Salisbury (I52)
- HMCS St. Clair (I65)
- HMS Bath (I17)
- HMS Brighton (I08)
- HMS Caldwell (I20)
- HMS Campbeltown (I42)
- HMS Castleton (I23)
- HMS Charlestown (I21)
- HMS Chelsea (I35)
- HMS Georgetown (I40)
- HMS Hamilton (I24)
- HMS Lancaster (G05)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Herbert on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons