USS Lea
Service
- as Lea2 October 1918 — 20 July 19452,149 days of the war
- Name
- USS Lea
- Namesake
- Edward Lea
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 18 September 1917
- Launched
- 29 April 1918
- Commissioned
- 2 October 1918
- Decommissioned
- 22 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 1 May 1930
- Struck
- 13 August 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1946 (1946)
- 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
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Lea was a Wickes-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Edward Lea. William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia laid her keel on 18 September 1917. She entered service on 2 October 1918, having been launched on 29 April 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.
She displaced 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 four 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,149 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 June 1922. She recommissioned on 1 May 1930. She was struck from the register on 13 August 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 30 November 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
- 2 × 3 in/23 guns
- 12 × 21 in 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 Lea on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2008.104.001.217 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons