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USS Whitney (AD-4)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Romeo - Lima
 NIRL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Sea clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Dobbin Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 23 April 1921, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 12 October 1923
  • Commissioned USS Whitney (AD-4), 2 September 1924
  • USS Whitney was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
  • Decommissioned, 22 October 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 21 November 1946
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 January 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scraping, 18 March 1948, to Dulien Ship Products Co.
  • USS Whitney received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications: Displacement 8,325 t.
    Length 483' 9"
    Beam 61'
    Draft 17' 2"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 416
    Armament
    eight single 5" gun mounts
    four single 3" gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine engine; single screw; 7,000shp
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    Whitney 22k USS Whitney (AD-4) moored to a buoy at San Diego, 7 October 1932. Her boats are alongside, and the masts of four "flushdeck" destroyers can be seen beyond her.
    US Navy photo # NH 65007.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Whitney 109k USS Whitney (AD-4) passing through the Panama Canal in 1936. Cliff Coffey
    Whitney 75k USS Whitney (AD-4) moored, date and location unknown Jerry C. Lester for his father
    James C. Lester BT2/c USS Whitney 1932-38
    Whitney 36k USS Whitney (AD-4) moored to a buoy at Pearl Harbor, T.H., 17 April 1942.
    US Navy photo.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Whitney 22k USS Whitney (AD-4) tending destroyers at San Diego, CA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Whitney 91k USS Whitney (AD-4) underway, date and location unknown Jon Burdett
    Whitney 42k Overhead view of USS Whitney (AD-4) underway with tugs alongside, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
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