USS Walke (DD-34)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Walke.
USS Walke (DD-34)
USS Walke (DD-34) underway, during the time of her trials in 1911.
History
United States
NameWalke
NamesakeRear Admiral Henry A. Walke
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$635,827.11[1]
Laid down5 March 1910
Launched3 November 1910
Sponsored byMiss Mildred Walke Walter, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Walke
Commissioned22 July 1911
Decommissioned9 December 1919
Stricken20 March 1935
Identification
FateSold, scrapped, 23 April 1935
Notesdesignation DD-34 on 17 July 1920 but lost her name 13 years later on 1 July 1933 when it was reassigned to DD-416
General characteristics [2]
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)[3]
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 29.78 kn (34.27 mph; 55.15 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[3]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted[4]
Armament

The first USS Walke (DD-34) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke.

Walke was laid down on 5 March 1910 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company; launched on 3 November 1910; sponsored by Miss Mildred Walke Walter, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Walke; and commissioned on 22 July 1911 at the Boston Navy Yard.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ "USS Walke (DD-34)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
  4. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.