USS Foote (DD-169)
USS Foote (DD-169) converted to HMS Roxborough (I-07) |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Andrew Hull Foote |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 7 August 1918 |
| Launched: | 14 December 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 21 March 1919 to 6 July 1922 2 July 1940 to 23 September 1940 |
| Struck: | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate: | Transferred to UK, 23 September 1940 |
| Career (UK) | |
| Name: | HMS Roxborough (I07) |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1940 |
| Fate: | Transferred to USSR, 1 August 1944 |
| Career (USSR) | |
| Name: | Zhyostky (Rigid) |
| Acquired: | 1 August 1944 |
| Fate: | Returned to UK, 7 February 1949 for scrapping, 14 May 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,060 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement: | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm) 12 × 21 in (533 mm) tt. 1 × dcp |
The second USS Foote (DD–169) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Roxborough (I07) and later to the Soviet Navy as Zhyostky.
Read more about USS Foote (DD-169): As USS Foote, As HMS Roxborough, As Zhyostky