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United States | |
Name | Niblack |
Namesake | Albert Parker Niblack |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 8 August 1938 |
Launched | 18 May 1940 |
Commissioned | 1 August 1940 |
Decommissioned | June 1946 |
Stricken | 31 July 1968 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Niblack (DD-424), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albert Parker Niblack. Niblack became the Director of Naval Intelligence 1 March 1919, and Naval Attache in London 6 August 1920. As vice admiral, he commanded U.S. Naval Forces in European waters from 15 January 1921 to 17 June 1922.
Niblack was laid down 8 August 1938 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine; launched 18 May 1940; sponsored by Mrs. Albert P. Niblack, widow of Vice Admiral Niblack; and commissioned 1 August 1940. On 10 April 1941 Niblack dropped depth charges aimed at a German U-boat, the first hostile action between American and German forces during World War II.