USS Whitney (AD-4)
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 USS Whitney |
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| Career (U.S.) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Whitney |
| Namesake: | William Collins Whitney |
| Laid down: | 23 April 1921 |
| Launched: | 12 October 1923 |
| Commissioned: | 2 September 1924 |
| Decommissioned: | 22 October 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 18 March 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dobbin-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 8,325 long tons (8,459 t) |
| Length: | 483 ft 9 in (147.45 m) |
| Beam: | 61 ft (19 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m) |
| Speed: | 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 416 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 8 × 5 in (130 mm) guns 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Whitney (AD-4) was a Dobbin-class destroyer tender named for United States Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. She was launched on 12 October 1923, and was commissioned on 2 September 1924. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1946, later being sold for scrap to the Dulien Ship Products firm on 18 March 1948. She was on station in Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack, amid a flotilla of destroyers; Tucker, Conyngham, Reid, Case, and Selfridge.
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