USS Roe (DD-24)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Roe.

USS Roe
USS Roe (DD-24) on patrol in 1918. She is painted in "dazzle" camouflage.
History
United States
NameRoe
NamesakeRear admiral Francis Asbury Roe
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
Cost$642,761.30[1]
Laid down19 January 1909
Launched22 August 1910
Sponsored byMrs. Reynold T. Hall
Commissioned17 September 1910
Decommissioned1 December 1919
Stricken28 June 1934
Identification
Fatetransferred to the United States Coast Guard, scrapped 1934
United States
NameRoe
Acquired7 June 1924[2]
Commissioned12 January 1928[2]
Decommissioned18 October 1930[2]
IdentificationHull symbol:CG-18
FateTransferred back to the United States Navy
General characteristics [3]
Class and typePaulding-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 742 long tons (754 t) normal
  • 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[4]
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 29.6 kn (34.1 mph; 54.8 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted[5]
Armament

USS Roe (DD-24) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, and later in the United States Coast Guard designated CG-18. She was the first ship named for Francis Asbury Roe.

Roe was laid down on 18 January 1909 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia, launched on 24 July 1909, sponsored by Mrs. Reynold T. Hall, and commissioned on 17 September 1910.

  1. ^ "Table 21 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ a b c Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 441.
  3. ^ "USS Roe (DD-24)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Table 10 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
  5. ^ "Table 16 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.