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DD-117 / DMS-1 Dorsey


Wickes Class Destroyer: Laid down at William Cramp and Son's, Philadelphia, PA.; Launched, 9 April 1918; Commissioned USS Dorsey, Destroyer No. 117, 16 September 1918; Designated DD-117, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 9 March 1923 at San Diego, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 1 March 1930; Reclassified High Speed Minesweeper DMS-1, 19 November 1940; Decommissioned, 8 December 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 1946; Hulk destroyer, 1 January 1946. Dorsey received six battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,090 t.; Length 314' 4"; Beam 30' 10" ; Draft 9' 2"; Speed 34 kts; Complement 103; Armament four 4"/50s, two 3"/23s, three .30 cal. machine guns, one dcp; Propulsion, four White-Forster boilers, two Parsons geared turbines, 24,200 SHP at 35kts, two shafts.
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