History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Henry H. Bell |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Cost | $1,369,775.92 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Laid down | 16 November 1917 |
Launched | 20 April 1918 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1918 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 1922 |
Stricken | 25 January 1937 |
Fate | Sold, 18 April 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) (design) |
Range | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (design) |
Complement | 6 officers, 108 enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS Bell (DD-95) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I.