USS Overton
Service
- 30 June 1920 — 30 July 19452,157 days of the war
- Name
- USS Overton
- Namesake
- Macon C. Overton (1890–1918), U.S. Marine Corps officer
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding
- Laid down
- 30 October 1918
- Launched
- 10 July 1919
- Commissioned
- 30 June 1920
- Decommissioned
- 3 February 1931
- Recommissioned
- 1932
- Struck
- 13 August 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,308 long tons (1,329 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)
- Range
- 4,914 nmi (9,101 km)
- Complement
- 122
USS Overton was a Clemson-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Macon C. Overton. Her keel was laid at New York Shipbuilding on 30 October 1918. She entered service on 30 June 1920, having been launched on 10 July 1919.
Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
She displaced 1,308 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 122.
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 3 February 1931. She recommissioned in 1932. 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 guns, 1 x 3 in gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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 Overton on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 42925 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons