Hull Number: DD-176
Launch Date: 09/21/2018
Commissioned Date: 07/31/2019
Decommissioned Date: 05/27/2022
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: WILLIAM B. RENSHAW
WILLIAM B. RENSHAW
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2016
William B. Renshaw, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 11 October 1816, was appointed midshipman in November 1831. Appointed commander 26 April 1861, he was attached to Admiral Farragut’s squadron during the Civil War and was commended for the “handsome manner in which he managed his vessel,” Westfield, during Mortar Flotilla operations on the Mississippi in 1862. At Galveston at the end of the year, he refused to surrender his ship on 1 January 1863 and set fire to her to keep her out of Confederate hands.
Disposition:
Stricken 5/19/1936. Sold 9/29/1936.