USS Warrington (DD-30)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Warrington.
The first USS Warrington (DD-30) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Lewis Warrington.
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USS Warrington (DD-30) off Brest, France in 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage. | |
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United States | |
Name | Warrington |
Namesake | Commodore Lewis Warrington |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $663,596.86[1] |
Yard number | 352 |
Laid down | 21 June 1909 |
Launched | 18 June 1910 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Richard Hatton |
Commissioned | 20 March 1911 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1920 |
Stricken | 20 March 1935 |
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Fate | Sold to M. Black & Co., Norfolk, Va., on 28 June 1935 for scrapping |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Paulding-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[3] |
Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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Speed | |
Complement | 4 officers 87 enlisted[4] |
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Warrington was laid down on 21 June 1909 at Philadelphia by the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company; launched on 18 June 1910; sponsored by Mrs. Richard Hatton; and commissioned on 20 March 1911.