 Dickerson at anchor.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | Mahlon Dickerson |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 25 May 1918 |
| Launched | 12 March 1919 |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 25 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
| Reclassified | High-speed transport, APD-21, 21 August 1943 |
| Fate | Scuttled 4 April 1945[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 4"/50 (102 mm), 2 x 3"/25 (76 mm), 4 × 3 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. |
USS Dickerson (DD-157) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, and was converted to a high-speed transport at Charleston, South Carolina and designated APD-21 in 1943. She was named for Mahlon Dickerson (1770–1853), Secretary of the Navy from 1834 to 1838.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Warner 1982. pp. 186–7.