&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Stevens_(DD-86)_and_USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)_at_Berehaven,_Ireland,_in_1918_(NH_63575).jpg) USS Stevens at Berehaven, Ireland. USS Oklahoma is in the right background.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Stevens |
| Namesake | Thomas Holdup Stevens |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 20 September 1917 |
| Launched | 13 January 1918 |
| Commissioned | 24 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 1922 |
| Stricken | 7 January 1936 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 September 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,284 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Stevens (DD–86) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Thomas Holdup Stevens.
She was laid down at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 20 September 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was launched on 13 January 1918, sponsored by Miss Marie Christie Stevens. The destroyer was commissioned at Boston on 24 May 1918.