USS McCormick

USS McCormick was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Alexander McCormick. William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia laid her keel on 11 August 1919. She entered service on 30 August 1920, having been launched on 14 February 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).

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 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 14 October 1938. She recommissioned on 26 September 1939. She was struck from the register on 24 October 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 15 December 1946.

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