&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Sturtevant_(DD-240).jpg) USS Sturtevant underway, date and place unknown.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Sturtevant |
| Namesake | Albert D. Sturtevant |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 23 November 1918 |
| Launched | 29 July 1920 |
| Commissioned | 21 September 1920 |
| Stricken | 8 May 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by mines off Key West, 26 April 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 long tons (1,234 t) |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Installed power | 26,500 shp (19,800 kW) |
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| Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Sturtevant (DD-240) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Albert D. Sturtevant.
Sturtevant was laid down on 23 November 1918 and launched on 29 July 1920 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Curtis Ripley Smith; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 21 September 1920.