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DD-146 / DMS-4 / AG-104 USS ELLOIT

CLASS - WICKES As Built.
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 Cramp, Philadelphia on February 23 1918.
Launched July 4 1918 and commissioned January 25 1919.
Decommissioned at San Diego on May 22 1922.
Recommissioning on February 8 1930.
Reclassified High Speed Minesweeper DMS-4 November 19 1940.
Reclassified AG-104 June 5 1945.
Decommissioned at San Pedro on October 12 1945 and was berthed there until her sale.
Stricken October 25 1945.
Fate Sold January 29 1946 and broken up for scrap.

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Elloit 103kUndated, location unknown.-
Elloit 73kPhoto #: NH 55381, USS Conyngham (Destroyer # 58) making 29.10 knots while running trials on 7 December 1915. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Elloit 72kPhoto #: NH 54363. USS Elliot (DD-146) at Spalato (Split), Yugoslavia, circa Spring 1919. Photographed by R.E. Wayne. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Elloit 73kPhoto #: NH 54362, USS Elliot (DD-146), lower left, at anchor with other destroyers, 23 April 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Elliot 103kDuring the Pacific Fleet's passage through the Upper Chambers, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, 24 July 1919. Those present are: USS Wickes (Destroyer # 75) and USS Yarnall (Destroyer # 143), both at left; USS Philip (Destroyer # 76), USS Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146), left to right in the center group; USS Boggs (Destroyer # 136), USS Dent (Destroyer # 116) and USS Waters (Destroyer # 115), left to right in the right center group. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Elliot 108kThirteenth Destroyer Division Officers & Crews on board their ships in San Diego Harbor, California, 6 December 1919. Signalmen are sending semaphore messages from atop the ships' bridges. Panoramic photograph by O.A. Tunnell, Masonic Temple Building, San Diego. Ships present are (from left to right): Upshur (Destroyer # 144), Greer (Destroyer # 145), Elliot (Destroyer # 146), Aaron Ward (Destroyer # 132), Buchanan (Destroyer # 131) and Philip (Destroyer # 76). Donation of Captain W.D. Puleston, USN (Retired), 1965. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Elloit 58kPhoto #: NH 88358. USS Elliot (DD-146) anchored at Chefoo, China, in 1920-1921. Courtesy of L.C. Lupin, 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Elliot 138kDestroyers refitting at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California View taken circa 1921-22. Many of these ships are being modified to place the after 4"/50 gun atop an enlarged after deckhouse. Ships present include (listed from the foreground): USS Lamberton (DD-119); unidentified destroyer; USS Breese (DD-122); USS Radford (DD-120); unidentified destroyer; USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Tarbell (DD-142); USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Delphy (DD-261); USS McFarland (DD-237); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Kennison (DD-138); USS Lea (DD-118); and two unidentified destroyers. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (MC), 1932. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Elliot 77kUSS Roper (DD-147), USS Elliot (DD-146), and a sister flush decker are alongside a pier on the San Francisco waterfront shortly after being rebuilt at the Mare Island Navy Yard in 1930 (Author's Collection). Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.Robert Hurst
Elloit 62kPhoto #: NH 67692, USS Elliot (DD-146) in a harbor, during the 1930s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Elloit 107kMaking a smokescreen while participating in Fleet maneuvers during the 1930s. Courtesy of PHC John Highfill, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Elloit 117kPhoto #: NH 64528. USS Elliot (DD-146) underway in San Diego harbor, California, 17 April 1933. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Elloit 112kPhoto #: NH 64529. USS Elliot (DD-146) underway in San Diego harbor, California, 17 April 1933. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
The Fleet 301kBalboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone. Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left): USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Roper (DD-147); USS Hale (DD-133); USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Crowninshield (DD-134); USS Preble (DD-345); and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). (left to right in center): USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Sands (DD-243); USS Lawrence (DD-250); (unidentified destroyer); USS Detroit (CL-8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force; USS Fox (DD-234); USS Greer (DD-145); USS Barney (DD-149); USS Tarbell (DD-142); and USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. (left to right across the top): USS Southard (DD-207); USS Chandler (DD-206); USS Farenholt (DD-332); USS Perry (DD-340); USS Wasmuth (DD-338); USS Trever (DD-339); USS Melville (AD-2); USS Truxtun (DD-229); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS MacLeish (DD-220); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS Hovey (DD-208); USS Long (DD-209); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Tracy (DD-214); USS Dahlgren (DD-187); USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Raleigh (CL-7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force; USS Pruitt (DD-347); and USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156); USS Dallas (DD-199); (four unidentified destroyers); and USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fabio Peņa

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NavSource Minesweeper Pages, USS Elloit (DMS-4)
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
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