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USS CHAMPLIN DD-104

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Hull Number: DD-104

Launch Date: 04/07/1918

Commissioned Date: 11/11/1918

Decommissioned Date: 06/07/1922


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

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2016

Born in Kingston, R.I., 17 November 1789, Stephen Champlin entered the Navy as a sailing master 22 May 1812. He commanded the schooner Scorpion in her capture of the British Little Belt during the Battle of Lake Erie, and later in the War of 1812 was wounded when his ship was taken on Lake Huron. Retired in 1855, Captain Champlin was later promoted to Commodore on the retired list, and died in Buffalo, N.Y., 20 February 1870.


Disposition:

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


Ship History

USS CHAMPLIN DD-104 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2016

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.