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Anthony (DM 12)
DD-172

Wickes Class Destroyer/Stribling Class Light Minelayer: Laid down 18 April 1918 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.; Launched 10 August 1918; Commissioned USS Anthony, Destroyer No. 172, 19 June 1919; Designated DD-172, 17 July 1920; Converted to a Light Minelayer, DM-12, 16 November 1920; Placed out of commission, in reserve 30 June 1922 at Pearl Harbor, TH; Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1936; Sunk as a target 22 July 1937 of the California coast.

Specifications: Displacement 1,090 t.; Length 314' 4"; Beam 30' 10" ; Draft 9' 2"; Speed 34 kts; Complement 103; Armament four 4", two 1-pounders, one dcp, two dct; Propulsion, four White-Foster boilers, two Parsons turbines, 24,200 SHP at 35kts.
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