USS Schenk underway
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Schenk |
Namesake | James F. Schenck |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 26 March 1918 |
Launched | 23 April 1919 |
Commissioned | 30 October 1919 |
Decommissioned | 9 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-82, 25 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1946 |
Reclassified | AG-82, 25 September 1944 |
Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 25 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,211 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.8 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Schenck (DD-159) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral James F. Schenck, USN (1807–1882).