Fate
On 22 November 1930, Sinclair was renamed Light Target (IX-37). Due to faulty boilers, however, her conversion to a target ship was cancelled, and she was replaced by Kilty (DD-137). She recovered her original name on 24 April 1931 and her destroyer designation on 11 August 1931.
Sinclair was struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1935 and sold on 30 August 1935 to Learner and Rosenthal, Oakland, California, for scrapping.
As of 2005, no other ship have been named Sinclair.
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“Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!”
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