USS Dickerson
Service
- 3 September 1919 — 4 April 19452,042 days of the war
- Name
- USS Dickerson
- Namesake
- Mahlon Dickerson
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
- Laid down
- 25 May 1918
- Launched
- 12 March 1919
- Commissioned
- 3 September 1919
- Decommissioned
- 25 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 1 May 1930
- Fate
- Scuttled 4 April 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
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 Dickerson was a Wickes-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Mahlon Dickerson. New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey laid her keel on 25 May 1918. Launched on 12 March 1919, she entered service on 3 September 1919.
104 ships of the class were built. 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.
She was in commission for 2,042 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 June 1922. She recommissioned on 1 May 1930.
She was scuttled on 4 April 1945. The wreck survives.
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"/50 (102 mm), 2 x 3"/25 (76 mm), 4 × 3 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 Dickerson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons