USS Flusser (DD-20)

USS Flusser (DD-20) in 1909 during trials making 26 knots, note funnel arrangement.
History
United States
NameFlusser
NamesakeLieutenant commander Charles W. Flusser
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down3 August 1908
Launched20 July 1909
Sponsored byMiss Genevieve Virden, grand-niece of Lieutenant Commander Flusser
Commissioned28 October 1909
Decommissioned14 July 1919
Stricken15 September 1919
IdentificationHull symbol: DD-20
FateSold, 15 November 1919 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeSmith-class destroyer
Displacement700 long tons (710 t) normal
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
Draft10 ft 7 in (3,230 mm)
Speed31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement89 officers and crew
Armament

USS Flusser (DD–20) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second ship named for Lieutenant commander Charles W. Flusser.

  1. ^ "USS Flusser (DD-20)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 15 June 2015.