USS Whipple (DD-15)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Whipple |
| Builder: | Maryland Steel Company |
| Laid down: | 13 November 1899 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1901 |
| Commissioned: | 17 February 1903 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 September 1905 |
| Recommissioned: | 16 July 1906 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 July 1919 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 3 January 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Truxtun-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 433 long tons (440 t) normal, 605 long tons (615 t) full load |
| Length: | 259 ft 6 in (79.10 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × boilers, 2 × Vertical expansion engines, 8,300 ihp (6,200 kW) 2 × screws |
| Speed: | 29.6 kn (34.1 mph; 54.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 3 Officers, 75 Enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 6 × 6-pounders (57 mm (2.2 in)), 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first USS Whipple (DD-15) was a Truxtun-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Abraham Whipple.
She was laid down on 13 November 1899 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Maryland Steel Company; launched on 15 August 1901; sponsored by Miss Elsie Pope; and commissioned on 17 February 1903, Lieutenant Jehu V. Chase in command.
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