USS Dent
Service
- 9 September 1918 — 4 December 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Dent
- Namesake
- John H. Dent
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 30 August 1917
- Launched
- 23 March 1918
- Commissioned
- 9 September 1918
- Decommissioned
- 7 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 15 May 1930
- Struck
- 3 January 1946
- Fate
- Sold, 13 June 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,090 long tons (1,107 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.44 m (8 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 100
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Dent was a Wickes-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after John H. Dent. Her keel was laid at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 30 August 1917. She entered service on 9 September 1918, having been launched on 23 March 1918.
She was one of 104 ships of her class. The class followed the Caldwell-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Clemson-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 100.
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 7 June 1922. She recommissioned on 15 May 1930. She was struck from the register on 3 January 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/50 guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) tt.
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 Dent on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-538 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons