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DD-174 / DM-14 Rizal


Wickes Class Destroyer: Laid down, 26 June 1918 at Union Iron Works San Francisco, CA; Launched, 21 September 1918; Commissioned USS Rizal, Destroyer No. 174, 28 May 1919; Converted to a Light Mine Layer and redesignated (DM-14), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 20 August 1931 at San Diego; Towed to Mare Island on 31 August 1931; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island; Struck from the Naval Register, 11 November 1931; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 February 1932.

Specifications: Displacement 1,090 t.; Length 314' 4"; Beam 30' 10" ; Draft 9' 2"; Speed 34 kts; Complement 103; Armament four 4", two 1-pdrs, one dcp, two dct; Propulsion, four White-Foster boilers, two Parsons turbines, 24,200 SHP at 35kts.
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Rizal 100k Photographed in 1919-20, prior to conversion to a minelayer. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. US Navy photo NH 71569 Naval Historical Center
Rizal 66k Photographed in 1919-20, prior to conversion to a minelayer. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. US Navy photo NH 71570 Naval Historical Center
Rizal 90k Photographed following conversion to a minelayer, circa 1921-30.
US Navy photo NH 71946
Naval Historical Center
Rizal 85k In the harbor of Chefoo, China, 9 September 1928.
US Navy photo NH 64573
Naval Historical Center
Rizal 56k Underway in the harbor of Chefoo, China, 9 September 1928.
US Navy photo NH 64572
Naval Historical Center

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Rizal (DD-174)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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