USS Yarborough (DD-314)

USS Yarborough (DD-314)


Career (US)
Namesake: George Hampton Yarborough, Jr.
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco
Laid down: 27 February 1919
Launched: 20 June 1919
Commissioned: 31 December 1920
Decommissioned: 29 May 1930
Struck: 3 November 1930
Fate: scrapped and sold, 25 February 1932
General characteristics
Class & type: Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,308 tons
Length: 314 feet 4+1⁄2 inches (95.82 m)
Beam: 30 feet 11+1⁄2 inches (9.44 m)
Draft: 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m)
Propulsion: 26,500 shp (20 MW);
geared turbines,
2 screws
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km)
@ 15-knot (28 km/h)
Complement: 122 officers and enlisted
Armament: 4 × 4 in (102 mm), 1 × 3 in (76 mm), 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Yarborough (DD-314) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for George Hampton Yarborough, Jr.

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