USS Aulick (DD-258)
Service
- as USS Aulick26 July 1919 — 8 October 1940403 days of the war
- as HMS Burnham8 October 1940 — March 19471,790 days of the war
- Name
- USS Aulick
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-258
- Namesake
- John H. Aulick
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy
- Laid down
- 3 December 1918
- Launched
- 11 April 1919
- Commissioned
- 26 July 1919
- Decommissioned
- 8 October 1940
- Struck
- 8 January 1941
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, March 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,308 long tons (1,329 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)
- Range
- 4,900 nmi (9,075 km)
- Complement
- 122
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
(Destroyer No. 258: dp. 1,308; l. 314'4'/ 2 "; b. 30'll'/ 2 "; dr. 9'4"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 122; a. 4 4", 1 3", 12 21" tt; cl. Clemson)
John H. Aulick, born in 1787 at Winchester, Va., was appointed a midshipman on 15 November 1809. During the War of 1812, he served in Enterprise and took part in her battle with HMS Boxer on 4 September 1813. After that engagement ended in a glorious American victory, Aulick served as prize master of the prize. Following the war, he served in Saranac, Ontario, Brandywine, Constitution, and Vincennes.
From 1851 to 1853, Aulick commanded the East India Squadron but was forced by ill health to give up command of the projected Japanese expedition to Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Aulick retired in 1861 and died at Washington, D.C., on 27 April 1873.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Aulick I (Destroyer No. 258)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 26500 shp
- geared turbines
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in/50 cal. guns
- 1 x 3 in gun
- 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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 Aulick (DD-258) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Aulick I (Destroyer No. 258) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 66335 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons