USS Broome
Service
- 31 October 1919 — 20 May 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Broome
- Namesake
- John L. Broome
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 8 October 1918
- Launched
- 14 May 1919
- Commissioned
- 31 October 1919
- Decommissioned
- 30 December 1922
- Recommissioned
- 5 February 1930
- Fate
- Sold 20 November 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,215 long tons (1,234 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
- 122
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Broome was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after John L. Broome. Her keel was laid at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 8 October 1918. She entered service on 31 October 1919, having been launched on 14 May 1919.
Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
Displacement was 1,215 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 122.
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 30 December 1922. She recommissioned on 5 February 1930.
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 guns, 1 x 3 in gun, 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 Broome on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 98155 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons