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Hull Number: DD-104

Launch Date: 04/07/2018

Commissioned Date: 11/11/2018

Decommissioned Date: 06/07/2022

Class: LITTLE

LITTLE Class

Data for USS Little (DD-79) as of 1921

Length Overall: 314’ 4 1/2"

Beam: 31' 8"

Draft: 9’ 2"

Standard Displacement: 1,191 tons

Full Load Displacement: 1,284 tons

Armament:

Four 4″/50 caliber guns
One 3″/23 caliber anti-aircraft gun
Four 21″ triple torpedo tubes

Complement:

8 Officers
8 Chief Petty Officers
106 Enlisted

Propulsion:

4 Boilers
2 Curtis Geared Turbines: 27,180 horsepower

Highest speed on trials: 34.7 knots

Namesake: STEPHEN CHAMPLIN

STEPHEN CHAMPLIN

Disposition:

Sunk as target 08/12/1936 off San Diego.

Ship History

USS CHAMPLIN DD-104 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Published 1963).

Champlin (DD-104) was launched 7 April 1918 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; sponsored by Miss G. H. Rolph; and commissioned 11 November 1918 Lieutenant Commander F. M. Knox in command.

Champlin arrived at Newport, RI, 12 December 1918 for duty with the Atlantic Fleet. After training operations in the Caribbean, she cleared New York City 19 November 1919 for San Diego, CA. Arriving 24 December 1919, she went into reserve with the Pacific Fleet the same day, and cruised on training assignments with a reduced complement until decommissioned 7 June 1922. Laid up at San Diego until her assignment for use in experiments on 19 May 1933, Champlin was sunk in tests 12 August 1936.