USS Brooks

USS Brooks (DD-232) underway during trials in 1920
History
United States
Namesake	John Brooks, Jr.
Builder	New York Shipbuilding
Cost	$1,096,655.06 (hull & machinery)[1]
Laid down	11 June 1918
Launched	24 April 1919
Commissioned	18 June 1920
Decommissioned	20 January 1931
Recommissioned	18 June 1932
Decommissioned	2 September 1938
Recommissioned	25 April 1939
Reclassified	High-speed transport, APD-10, 1 December 1942
Decommissioned	2 August 1945
Stricken	17 September 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap 30 January 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Variant of Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,215 tons
Length	314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m)
Beam	31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m)
Draft	9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (20 MW); geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed	33.2 knots (61.5 km/h)
Range	4,900 nautical miles (9,100 km)  @ 15 kt
Complement	130 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 x 5 in (130 mm), 1 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt.

USS Brooks (DD-232/APD-10) was a Clemson-class United States Navy destroyer who served primarily in Europe and the Atlantic, the Adriatic, and both the Pacific and Caribbean after WWI. Between 1931 and 1939 she was placed out of commission. She was recommissioned in 1939 and served in the Atlantic until 1941, switching to the Pacific Theatre during World War II where she was badly damaged at the Battle of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. She was named for Lieutenant John Brooks, Jr.