USS Roper
Service
- 15 February 1919 — 15 September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Roper
- Namesake
- Jesse M. Roper
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 19 March 1918
- Launched
- 17 August 1918
- Commissioned
- 15 February 1919
- Decommissioned
- 14 December 1922
- Recommissioned
- 18 March 1930
- Struck
- 11 October 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 31 March 1946 Scrapped December 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
- 101
USS Roper was a Wickes-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Jesse M. Roper. William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia laid her keel on 19 March 1918. She entered service on 15 February 1919, having been launched on 17 August 1918.
Her class ran to 104 ships. 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 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 14 December 1922. She recommissioned on 18 March 1930. She was struck from the register on 11 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 31 March 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 × 4 in, 2 × 3 in, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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 Roper on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-1063 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons