&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USSRadfordDD120.jpg) USS Radford
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Radford |
| Namesake | William Radford |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 2 October 1917 |
| Launched | 5 April 1918 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 29 June 1922 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 19 May 1936 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 5 August 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 long tons (1,077 t) |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9+3⁄4 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement | 142 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Radford (DD–120) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later reclassified AG-22. She was named for William Radford.