USS Sterett (DD-407)
Service
- 15 August 1939 — 2 November 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Sterett
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-407
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 2 December 1936
- Launched
- 27 October 1938
- Commissioned
- 15 August 1939
- Decommissioned
- 2 November 1945
- Struck
- 25 February 1947
- Fate
- Sold 10 August 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,500 long tons (1,524 t)
- Length
- 103.94 m (341 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Complement
- 251
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
Andrew Sterett, born in 1760 in Baltimore, Md., was appointed lieutenant in the United States Navy on 25 March 1798 and assigned to Constellation as Third Lieutenant. During the Quasi-War with France, he was still serving in Constellation when she captured L'lnsurgente. By 1800, he had risen to First Lieutenant; and he participated in Constellation's action against La Vengeance.
Given command of the schooner, Enterprise, Lt. Sterett led her in the capture of the French privateer, V'Amour de la Patrie, on Christmas Eve 1800. In June 1801, he sailed in Enterprise from Baltimore for service with the Mediterranean Squadron. While on that cruise, Enterprise engaged and captured a 14-gun Tripolitan cruiser and her 80-man crew. In gratitude, Congress awarded Sterett a sword and highly commended his crew. Lt. Sterett continued his Navy career until he resigned his commission in 1805. He died on 9 June 1807, at Lima, Peru.
The second Sterett (DD-407) was laid down on 2 December 1936 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 27 October 1938; sponsored by Mrs. Camilla Ridgely Simpson; and commissioned on 15 August 1939, Lt. Comdr. Atherton Macondray in command.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Sterett II (DD-407)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- four 5-inch 38 caliber
- four 40 mm
- eight 21 inch (533 mm) tt
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Sterett (DD-407) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Sterett II (DD-407) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy, photographed from a USS Chenango (CVE-28) aircraft. — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-321653 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons