USS Foote (DD-169)

USS Foote (DD-169)
History
United States
NameFoote
NamesakeAndrew Hull Foote
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down7 August 1918
Launched14 December 1918
Commissioned21 March 1919
Decommissioned6 July 1922
Recommissioned2 July 1940
Decommissioned23 September 1940
Stricken8 January 1941
FateTransferred to United Kingdom, 23 September 1940
United Kingdom
NameHMS Roxborough
Commissioned23 September 1940
IdentificationPennant number:I07
FateTransferred to USSR, 1 August 1944
Soviet Union
Name
  • Zhyostky ("Rigid")
  • (or Doblestny ("Valiant")
Acquired1 August 1944
FateReturned to UK, 7 February 1949 for scrapping, 14 May 1949
General characteristics
Class and typeWickes-class destroyer
Displacement1,060 tons
Length314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement101 officers and enlisted
Armament

The second USS Foote (DD–169) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Roxborough (I07) and later to the Soviet Navy as Zhyostky (or Doblestny ; sources vary).