USS Decatur steaming at high speed, while running trials in 1902.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Decatur |
Namesake | Commodore Stephen Decatur |
Builder | William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia |
Laid down | 26 July 1899 |
Launched | 26 September 1900 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1902 |
Decommissioned | 20 July 1919 |
Stricken | 15 September 1919 |
Fate | Sold, 3 January 1920 and broken up for scrap |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Bainbridge-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 23 ft 7 in (7.2 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 6 in (2 m) (mean) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed) |
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The second USS Decatur was a Bainbridge-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Stephen Decatur.