USS Allen (DD-66)

USS Allen (DD-66)

USS Allen (DD-66) was a Sampson-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant William Henry Allen (1784–1813), a naval officer during the War of 1812. She was the longest serving destroyer on the Naval Vessel Register when she was sold in 1946.

Allen was laid down on 10 May 1915 at Bath Maine, by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 5 December 1916, sponsored by Miss Dorthea Dix Allen and Miss Harriet Allen Butler, and commissioned on 24 January 1917, Lieutenant Commander Samuel W. Bryant in command. Final delivery from Bath Iron Works recorded as 22 October 1917, per the official records of the Bath Iron Works Company. (record Number 68)