USS Tattnall (DD-125)

USS Tattnall (DD-125)

USS Tattnall (DD–125) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was the first ship named for Captain Josiah Tattnall.

Tattnall was laid down at Camden, New Jersey, on 1 December 1917 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 5 September 1918; sponsored by Miss Sarah Campbell Kollock; and commissioned on 26 June 1919, Commander Gordon Wayne Haines in command.

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