USS Sterett (DD-27)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sterett.
USS Sterett
USS Sterett (DD-27) underway, circa 1912.
History
United States
NameSterett
NamesakeMaster Commandant Andrew Sterett
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$617,474.90[1]
Laid down22 March 1909
Launched12 May 1910
Sponsored byMiss Dorothy Rosalie Sterett Gittings
Commissioned15 December 1910
Decommissioned9 December 1919
Stricken8 March 1935
Identification
FateSold June 28, 1935 to M. Black & Co., Norfolk
General characteristics [2]
Class and typePaulding-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 742 long tons (754 t) normal
  • 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[4]
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 30.37 kn (34.95 mph; 56.25 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted[3]
Armament

USS Sterett (DD-27) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Andrew Sterett.

Sterett was laid down on 22 March 1909 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. Sponsored by Miss Dorothy Rosalie Sterett Gittings, the destroyer was launched on 12 May 1910 and commissioned on 15 December 1910 at Boston, Massachusetts.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ "USS Sterett (DD-27)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
  4. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.