USS Humphreys
Service
- 21 July 1920 — 26 October 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Humphreys
- Namesake
- Joshua Humphreys
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding
- Laid down
- 31 July 1918
- Launched
- 28 July 1919
- Commissioned
- 21 July 1920
- Decommissioned
- 26 October 1945
- Struck
- 13 November 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 26 August 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 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)
- Range
- 4,900 nmi (9,075 km)
- Complement
- 101
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Humphreys was a Clemson-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Joshua Humphreys. Her keel was laid at New York Shipbuilding on 31 July 1918. She entered service on 21 July 1920, having been launched on 28 July 1919.
Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
She displaced 1,190 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 101.
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 26 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 26 August 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 26,500 shp (20 MW)
- geared turbines
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in/50 guns, 1 x 3 in/25 gun, 2 x .30 cal (7.62 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt.
Sister ships
- HMCS Buxton (H96)
- HMCS St. Croix (I81)
- HMCS St. Francis (I93)
- HMS Belmont (H46)
- HMS Beverley (H64)
- HMS Bradford (H72)
- HMS Broadwater (H81)
- HMS Broadway (H90)
- HMS Burnham (H82)
- HMS Burwell (H94)
- HMS Buxton (H96)
- HMS Cameron (I05)
- HMS Chesterfield (I28)
- HMS Churchill (I45)
- HMS Clare (I14)
- HMS Ramsey (G60)
- HMS Reading (G71)
- HMS Ripley (G79)
- HMS Rockingham (G58)
- HMS Sherwood (I80)
- HMS Stanley (I73)
- Soviet destroyer Dejatelny
- USS Abel P. Upshur
- USS Alden
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Humphreys on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-1034958 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons