USS Flusser (DD-20) |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Flusser (DD-20) |
| Namesake: | Charles W. Flusser |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched: | 20 July 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 28 October 1909 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 July 1919 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 15 November 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Smith class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 700 tons |
| Length: | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 5 in (8,050 mm) |
| Draft: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Speed: | 28 kn (32 mph; 52 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 officers and crew |
| Armament: | 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Flusser (DD–20) was a Smith class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was the second ship named for Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Flusser.
Flusser was launched on 20 July 1909 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss Genevieve Virden, grandniece of Commander Flusser; and commissioned on 28 October 1909, Lieutenant Commander J. P. Morton in command.
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