USS Evans (DD-78)

History
United States
Name	USS Evans
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	28 December 1917
Launched	30 October 1918
Commissioned	11 November 1918
Decommissioned	29 May 1922
Recommissioned	1 April 1930
Decommissioned	31 March 1937
Recommissioned	30 September 1939
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 23 October 1940
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mansfield
Commissioned	23 October 1940
Fate	Loaned to Royal Norwegian Navy December 1940 Returned to Royal Navy March 1942 Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy March 1942
Norway
Name	HNoMS Mansfield
Acquired	December 1940
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy March 1942
Canada
Name	HMCS Mansfield
Acquired	March 1942
Decommissioned	22 June 1944
Fate	Scrapped 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,090 tons
Length	315 ft 5 in (96.14 m)
Beam	31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	100 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 x 4-inch/50-caliber guns 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The first USS Evans (DD–78) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Mansfield.