USS Stringham (DD-83)

USS Stringham at anchor
History
United States
Name	Stringham
Namesake	Silas Horton Stringham
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	19 September 1917
Launched	30 March 1918
Commissioned	2 July 1918
Decommissioned	2 June 1922
Identification	DD-83
Recommissioned	11 December 1940
Decommissioned	9 November 1945
Reclassified	2 August 1940 as APD-6 25 June 1945 as DD-83
Stricken	5 December 1945
Fate	Scrapped, March 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,284 long tons (1,305 t)
Length	314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.8 m)
Beam	30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.4 m)
Draft	9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	103 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm) 2 × 1-pounder 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Stringham (DD–83) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I.^[1] Later she served in World War II as APD-6. She was the second ship named for Silas Horton Stringham.

Stringham was laid down on 19 September 1917 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. The ship was launched on 30 March 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Edward B. Hill. The destroyer was commissioned on 2 July 1918.