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USS LUDLOW (DD-112 / DM-10)

CLASS - WICKES (LITTLE)
Built to a different set of plans (Bethlehem) than the Wickes (Bath) the Little versions were
considered less successful than the Bath designed ships, with few remaining in service past 1936.
Displacement 1,154 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA In Some Ships), 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,200 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 103.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco on January 7 1918.
Launched June 9 1918 and commissioned December 23 1918.
Reclassified light minelayer DM-10 July 17 1920.
Decommissioned at San Diego May 24 1930 and berthed there until her sale.
Stricken November 18 1930.
Fate Sold and broken up for scrap in 1931.

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- Augustus C. Ludlow, born Newburgh, N.Y., 1 January 1792. He was appointed midshipment 2 April 1804 and commissioned Lieutenant 3 June 1810. Second in command to Capt. James Lawrence in Chesapeake, he was, like his captain, mortally wounded in their ship’s engagement with HMS Shannon 1 June 1813, and died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 13 June.Robert M. Cieri
Ludlow 17kUndated, location unknown.-
Ludlow 17kUndated, location unknown.Don Scott YNCS(SS) USN (Ret.)
Ludlow 63kUndated, location unknown.Paul Rebold
Ludlow 102kU.S Atlantic Fleet destroyers in harbour, 23 April 1919. USS Bell (DD-95) is at left, USS Hazelwood (DD-107) is in the centre background; USS Ludlow (DD-112) is in the right middle, with an unidentified destroyer beyond her. Note the fuel oil barge and tug alongside the unidentified destroyer in the foreground (USN).Robert Hurst
Ludlow 63kUSS Ludlow (DD-112) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the 1920s, while serving as a minelayer. Naval Air Station Ford Island is in the background. Among the other ships present are USS Henshaw (DD-278), beyond Ludlow's bow; and USS Langley (CV-1), beyond Henshaw. Courtesy of Charles Sass, 1979. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
View the Albert Wahler Photo Collection of the Ludlow in 1921 and 1922.

USS LUDLOW DD-112 / DM-10 History
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Martin Kellogg Metcalf    Dec 23 1918 - ?
LCDR Henry Kent Hewitt    Jun 1919 - Nov 1919 (Later ADM)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Minesweeper Pages, USS Ludlow (DM-10)
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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