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USS WALKER (DD-163 / YW-57 / IX-44)

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 Fore River, Quincy on June 19 1918.
Launched September 14 1918 and commissioned January 14 1919.
Decommissioned at San Diego June 7 1922.
Stricken March 23 1938, retained as water barge YW-57 and
converted in 1941 into a damage control training hulk.
Redesignated IX-44 on 17 February 1941.
Fate Walker was scuttled while under tow to Pearl Harbor after Japanese attack.
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Walker 134k"Red Lead Row" at the San Diego Destroyer Base, date unknown. This is where most of the inactivated flush deck destroyers rested. Six boats up from the bottom are two Eagle Boats sandwiched in among the flush deckers. Visible are the USS Walker (DD-163), USS O'Bannion (DD-177), and USS Hpward (DD-179) (far back). Photos from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.Robert Hurst
Walker 87kUSS Walker (Destroyer # 163) At Boston, Massachusetts, 1 February 1919. Panogramic photograph by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, # 11 Portland Street, Boston. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Walker 78kPhoto #: NH 85033 USS Cuyama (Oiler # 3) at Acapulco, Mexico, circa 1919 with several destroyers alongside, from left to center: USS Walker (Destroyer # 163); USS Crosby (Destroyer # 164); and USS Thatcher (Destroyer # 162). USS Gamble (Destroyer # 123) is moored along Cuyama's port side. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Walker 74kCirca 1920, location unknown.Jim Flynn
USS WALKER DD-163 / YW-57 / IX-44 History
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