USS Sicard, probably during the 1930s.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sicard (DD-346) |
Namesake | Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard (1836–1900) |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 18 June 1919 |
Launched | 20 April 1920 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. M. H. Sicard |
Commissioned | 9 June 1920 |
Reclassified |
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Decommissioned | 21 November 1945 |
Stricken | 19 December 1945 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4+1⁄2 inches (95.822 m) |
Beam | 30 feet 8 inches (9.35 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
Propulsion | 26,500 shp (19,761 kW) geared turbines, 2 screws |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Sicard (DD-346/DM-21/AG-100) was a United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer in commission from 1920 to 1945. She was service during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard.[1]