USS Schenck
Service
- as Schenk30 October 1919 — 17 May 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Schenck
- Namesake
- James F. Schenck
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
- Laid down
- 26 March 1918
- Launched
- 23 April 1919
- Commissioned
- 30 October 1919
- Decommissioned
- 9 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 1 May 1930
- Struck
- 5 June 1946
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 25 November 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,211 long tons (1,230 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)
- Complement
- 122
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Schenck was a Wickes-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after James F. Schenck. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey laid her keel on 26 March 1918. Launched on 23 April 1919, she entered service on 30 October 1919.
Her class ran to 104 ships. The class followed the Caldwell-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Clemson-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,211 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 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 9 June 1922. She recommissioned on 1 May 1930. She was struck from the register on 5 June 1946.
She was broken up for scrap on 25 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
- 1 × 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 Schenck on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons