USS Parrott
Service
- 11 May 1920 — 14 June 19441,748 days of the war
- Name
- USS Parrott
- Namesake
- George Fountain Parrott
- Builder
- William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
- Laid down
- 23 July 1919
- Launched
- 25 November 1919
- Commissioned
- 11 May 1920
- Decommissioned
- 14 June 1944
- Struck
- 18 July 1944
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 5 April 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 157
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Parrott was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after George Fountain Parrott. Her keel was laid at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia on 23 July 1919. Launched on 25 November 1919, she entered service on 11 May 1920.
Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
She displaced 1,190 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 157.
Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,748 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 14 June 1944. She was struck from the register on 18 July 1944.
She was broken up for scrap on 5 April 1947.
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, 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 Parrott on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Navy Photo 5129-8-42 — https://www.navsource.net/archives/05/218.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons