&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Maury_(DD-100)_at_Gibraltar_c1919.jpg) USS Maury at Gibraltar, circa 1919
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Maury |
| Namesake | Matthew Fontaine Maury |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 4 May 1918 |
| Launched | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 23 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 19 March 1930 |
| Reclassified | 17 July 1920, DM-5 |
| Stricken | 22 October 1930 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1 May 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,199 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 133 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Maury (DD-100) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. She was named in honor of Matthew Fontaine Maury.