&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_McCalla_(DD-253).jpg) USS McCalla
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS McCalla |
| Namesake | Bowman H. McCalla |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy |
| Laid down | 25 September 1918 |
| Launched | 18 February 1919 |
| Commissioned | 19 May 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 23 October 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-253 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Royal Navy, 23 October 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Stanley |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: I73 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-574, 19 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 120 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS McCalla (DD-253) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Stanley (I73) during World War II.