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DD-24 USS ROE

CLASS - PAULDING As Built.
Displacement 742 Tons, Dimensions, 293' 10" (oa) x 26' 11" x 10' 11" (Max)
Armament 5 x 3"/50, 6 x 18" tt..
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 3 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 86.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding on January 18 1909.
Launched July 24 1909 and commissioned September 17 1910.
Decommissioned at Philadelphia on December 1 1919.
Loaned to the Coast Guard as CG-18 June 7 1924. Returned October 18 1930.
Stricken June 28 1934.
Fate Under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, Roe was sold and broken up for scrap in 1934.

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Roe 57kPhoto #: NH 371, Rear Admiral Francis A. Roe, USN (Retired) in full dress uniform, with sword and medals. This photograph was probably taken on or about 4 October 1893. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Collection of Rear Admiral Francis A. Roe, USN. Donated by Miss Mary E. Mason, 1929. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 100kPhoto #: NH 103520, USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) ready for launching, at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, 24 July 1909. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 110kPhoto #: NH 103519, USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) sliding down the ways during her launching, at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, 24 July 1909. The original print is a halftone reproduction. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 60kPhoto #: NH 76511, First airplane takeoff from a warship, Eugene B. Ely takes his Curtiss pusher airplane off from the deck of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, during the afternoon of 14 November 1910. USS Roe (Destroyer # 24), serving as plane guard, is visible in the background. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 50kPhoto #: NH 43764, USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) in port, circa 1910-1915. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 56kPhoto #: NH 100400, USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) laying a smoke screen, prior to World War I. Photographed by Waterman. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 69kPhoto #: NH 64986, USS Roe (Destroyer # 24) on patrol in 1918. She is painted in "dazzle" camouflage. Collection of Peter K. Connelly. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Roe 90kContributor Jim Pacetti's Dad on the deck of the Roe in 1918.Jim Pacetti
Roe 134kUSS Roe (Destroyer # 24), at right, taking on oil from USS Warrington (Destroyer # 30), at sea off the coast of Brest, France, 1 June 1918. Note Warrington's pattern camouflage. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Roe 46kCirca 1919, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Roe 116kUSCG Monaghan (CG-15, ex-USS DD-32), USCG Roe (CG-18, ex-DD-24), USCG McDougal (CG-6, ex-DD-54) and USCG Ammen (ex-DD-35) at New York Navy Yard, 20 October 1926.Robert Hurst

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