| USS Champlin (DD-104) | |
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| Career (US) |  |
| Namesake: | Stephen Champlin |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down: | 31 October 1917 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 11 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 June 1922 |
| Struck: | 19 May 1936 |
| Fate: | Sunk in tests 12 April 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,191 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm); 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first USS Champlin (DD-104) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named in honor of Stephen Champlin.
History[]
Champlin was launched 7 April 1918 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss G. H. Rolph; and commissioned 11 November 1918, Lieutenant Commander F. M. Knox in command.
Champlin arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, 12 December 1918 for duty with the Atlantic Fleet. After training operations in the Caribbean, she cleared New York City 19 November 1919 for San Diego, California. Arriving 24 December 1919, she went into reserve with the Pacific Fleet the same day, and cruised on training assignments with a reduced complement until decommissioned 7 June 1922. Laid up at San Diego until her assignment for use in experiments on 19 May 1933, Champlin was sunk in tests 12 August 1936.
See also[]
- See USS Champlin for other ships of the same name.
- List of United States Navy destroyers
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links[]
The original article can be found at USS Champlin (DD-104) and the edit history here.