U.S.S. Sterett (1910)

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U.S.S. Sterett (1910)
Hull Number: DD-27
Builder: Fore River, Quincy[1]
Laid down: 22 March, 1909[2]
Launched: 12 May, 1910[3]
Commissioned: 15 December, 1910[4]
Decommissioned: 9 December, 1919[5]
Stricken: 8 March, 1935[6]
Sold: 28 June, 1935
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Sterett was one of ten Paulding class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy in 1910-11.

Construction

Sterett was laid down at Quincy, Massachusetts by Fore River Shipbuilding on 22 March, 1909 and launched on 12 May, 1910.

Service

Sterett was commissioned on 15 December, 1910 with Lieutenant Robert L. Berry in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 122.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 429.
  7. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 30.
  8. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 36.
  9. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 48-49.
  10. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 40-41.
  11. Navy Directory' 1 April, 1919 p. 457.
  12. Navy Directory 1 April, 1919 p. 482

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


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