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DD-159 / AG-82 USS SCHENCK

CLASS - WICKES (TATTNALL)
Built to Bath plans, built by New York SB., these Wickes versions were
slightly heavier but had a much poorer cruising radius.
Displacement 1,211 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,900 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines with Geared Cruising Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 101.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on March 26 1918.
Launched April 23 1919 and commissioned October 30 1919.
Decommissioned June 9 1922, Recommissioned May 1 1930.
Reclassified AG-82 September 2 1944, Decommissioned May 17 1946.
Stricken June 5 1946.
Fate Sold November 25 1946 and broken up for scrap.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	98k	New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ. Closest ship is USS Dickerson (DD 157). Next is USS Leary (DD 158), USS Schenck (DD 159), USS Herbert (DD 160), USS Brooks (DD 232), and USS Hatfield (DD 231). The last ship is USS DeLong (DD 129).	Joe Radigan
	100k	Tampa, FL sometime during the period 1934-1936	Walter W. White, Captain, US Coast Guard (ret)
	123k	See here in 1943 as escort for a "Hunter - Killer" group based on the escort carrier Card.	-
As AG-82
	172k	Undated, location unknown.	Paul Rebold
	23k	Undated, location unknown.	Gary Priolo

USS SCHENCK DD-159 / AG-82 History
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