USS John D. Edwards
Service
- 6 April 1920 — 28 July 19452,157 days of the war
- Name
- USS John D. Edwards
- Namesake
- John D. Edwards
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 21 May 1919
- Launched
- 18 October 1919
- Commissioned
- 6 April 1920
- Decommissioned
- 28 July 1945
- Struck
- 13 August 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 30 November 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Scrapped
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
- 124
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS John D. Edwards was a Clemson-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for John D. Edwards. Her keel was laid at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 21 May 1919. Launched on 18 October 1919, she entered service on 6 April 1920.
She was one of 84 ships of her class. 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 124.
Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,157 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 July 1945. 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
- Propulsion
- 26,500 shp (20 MW)
- geared turbines
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in (102 mm) 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 John D. Edwards on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Navy Photo 5470-9-42 — https://www.navsource.net/archives/05/216.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons