USS Greer
Service
- 31 December 1918 — 19 July 19452,148 days of the war
- Name
- USS Greer
- Namesake
- James A. Greer
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 24 February 1918
- Launched
- 1 August 1918
- Commissioned
- 31 December 1918
- Decommissioned
- 22 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 31 March 1930
- Struck
- 13 August 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,165 long tons (1,184 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
- 133
USS Greer was a Wickes-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named for James A. Greer. William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia laid her keel on 24 February 1918. Launched on 1 August 1918, she entered service on 31 December 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 1,165 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 133.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,148 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 June 1922. She recommissioned on 31 March 1930. She was struck from the register on 13 August 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 30 November 1945.
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"/50 calibre guns (102 mm), 1 × 3 in, 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 Greer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons