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Hull Number: DD-84

Launch Date: 04/13/2018

Commissioned Date: 07/01/2018

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: NEHEMIAH MAYO DYER

NEHEMIAH MAYO DYER


Disposition:

Sold to Boston Iron and Metal Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD. on 09/08/1936. Scrapped.