USS Whitney (AD-4)

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USS Whitney
Career
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.

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