USS Abbot (DD-184)
Service
- as USS Abbot19 July 1919 — 23 September 1940388 days of the war
- as HMS Charlestown23 September 1940 — 15 January 19451,575 days of the war
- Name
- USS Abbot
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-184
- Namesake
- Joel Abbot
- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia
- Laid down
- 5 April 1918
- Launched
- 4 July 1918
- Commissioned
- 19 July 1919
- Decommissioned
- 5 July 1922
- Struck
- 8 January 1941
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,306 long tons (1,327 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 122
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Joel Abbot was born on 18 January 1793 in Westford, Mass. He was appointed a midshipman on 18 June 1812 and served with distinction during the War of 1812.
In 1852, he was chosen by Commodore Matthew C. Perry to command the frigate Macedonian, one of the ships in Perry's expedition to Japan. During this journey, Abbot visited the Japanese, Bonin, and Philippine Islands, as well as Formosa. Upon Perry's return to the United States, Abbot assumed command of the squadron. Commodore Abbot died of malaria on 14 December 1855 at Hong Kong.
The first Abbot (Destroyer No. 184) was laid down on 5 April 1918 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 4 July 1918; sponsored by Miss Louise Abbot, great granddaughter of Commodore Abbot; and commissioned on 19 July 1919, Lt. Cmdr. William N. Richardson, Jr., in command.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × steam turbines
- 2 × shafts
- Armament
- 4 × 4 in/50 guns
- 2 × 3 in/23 guns
- 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 Abbot (DD-184) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons