History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | John D. Edwards |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 482 |
Laid down | 21 May 1919 |
Launched | 18 October 1919 |
Commissioned | 6 April 1920 |
Decommissioned | 28 July 1945 |
Stricken | 13 August 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 November 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 124 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 4 in (102 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.