USS MacLeish
Service
- 2 August 1920 — 8 March 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS MacLeish
- Namesake
- Kenneth MacLeish
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 19 August 1919
- Launched
- 18 December 1919
- Commissioned
- 2 August 1920
- Decommissioned
- 11 March 1938
- Recommissioned
- 25 September 1939
- Struck
- 13 November 1946
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 18 December 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 101
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS MacLeish was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Kenneth MacLeish. William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia laid her keel on 19 August 1919. She entered service on 2 August 1920, having been launched on 18 December 1919.
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).
She displaced 1,190 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 101.
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 11 March 1938. She recommissioned on 25 September 1939. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1946.
She was broken up for scrap on 18 December 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 x 4 in 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 MacLeish on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-416393 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons