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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Henshaw |
| Namesake | David Henshaw |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
| Launched | 28 June 1919 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 11 March 1930 |
| Stricken | 22 July 1930 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 14 November 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,308 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Henshaw (DD-278) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Secretary of the Navy David Henshaw.
Built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Squantum, Massachusetts, Henshaw was launched 28 June 1919, with Miss Ethel H. Dempsey as sponsor. She commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 10 December 1919.