USS Semmes (DD-189)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Semmes.
USS Semmes (DD-189/AG-24) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for Commander (USN), Rear Admiral (CSN), Brigadier General (CSA) Raphael Semmes (1809–1877).
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United States | |
Name | Semmes |
Namesake | Raphael Semmes |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 10 June 1918 |
Launched | 21 December 1918 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. John H. Watkins |
Commissioned | 21 February 1920 |
Decommissioned | 17 July 1922 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 25 April 1932 |
Acquired | 20 April 1934 (from U.S. Coast Guard) |
Recommissioned | 20 April 1934 |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-24, 1 July 1935 |
Decommissioned | 2 June 1946 |
Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 25 November 1946 |
United States Coast Guard | |
Name | USCGD Semmes (CG-20) |
Acquired | 25 April 1932 (from U.S. Navy)[1] |
Commissioned | 25 April 1932 |
Decommissioned | 20 April 1934 |
Fate | Returned to US Navy 20 April 1934 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 long tons (1,234 t) |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Installed power | 26,500 shp (19,800 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
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