USS Whitney (AD-4)
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Career | |
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Ordered: | |
Laid down: | 23 April 1921 |
Launched: | 12 October 1923 |
Commissioned: | 2 September 1924 |
Decommissioned: | 22 October 1946 |
Fate: | sold for scrap on 18 March 1948 |
Struck: | |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 8,325 tons |
Length: | 483 ft 9 in |
Beam: | 61 ft |
Draught: | 17 ft 2 in |
Propulsion: | |
Speed: | 16 k |
Range: | |
Complement: | 416 officers and enlisted |
Armament: |
The USS Whitney (AD-4) was a United States Navy destroyer tender named for United States Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. She was launched 12 October 1923, and was commisioned on 2 September 1924. She was decommisioned on 22 October 1946, later being sold for scrap to the Dulien Ship Products firm on 18 March 1948.