USS Yarnall (DD-143)

USS Yarnall, East River, New York City
History
United States
Name	USS Yarnall
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	458
Laid down	12 February 1918
Launched	19 June 1918
Commissioned	29 November 1918
Decommissioned	29 May 1922
Recommissioned	19 April 1930
Decommissioned	30 December 1936
Recommissioned	4 October 1939
Decommissioned	23 October 1940
Stricken	8 January 1941
Identification	DD-143
Fate	Transferred to UK, 23 October 1940
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lincoln
Commissioned	23 October 1940
Identification	Pennant number: G42
Fate	Transferred to USSR as a parts hulk, 26 August 1944; returned by Soviet Union August 1952 and sold for scrap
Notes	Transferred to Norway February 1942
Norway
Name	HNoMS Lincoln
Acquired	February 1942
Fate	Returned to United Kingdom, 25 December 1943
Notes	loaned to Canada July 1942; returned to United Kingdom 25 December 1943
Soviet Union
Name	Druzhny (Friendly)
Acquired	26 August 1944 used as a parts hulk
Fate	Returned to United Kingdom for scrapping, 23 August 1952
Notes	May have been in active Soviet Navy service, 23 September 1944 to end of World War II
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1154 tons
Length	314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.822 m)
Beam	30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.430 m)
Draft	9 ft 10+1⁄4 in (3.004 m)
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4"/50 caliber guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns, 2 × depth charge racks

The first USS Yarnall (DD–143) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lincoln, to the Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Lincoln, and subsequently to the Soviet Navy as Druzhny.