Hull Number: DD-95
Launch Date: 04/20/2018
Commissioned Date: 07/31/2018
Decommissioned Date: 06/21/2022
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: HENRY H. BELL
HENRY H. BELL
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Published 1959)
Henry H. Bell was born in North Carolina in 1808 and appointed a Midshipman 4 August 1823. During the Civil War he served as Fleet-Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Admiral Farragut. Promoted to Rear Admiral 25 July 1866, he was drowned when his barge capsized in Osaka Harbor, Japan, 11 January 1868.
Disposition:
Sold on 04/18/1939 to Union Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, MD. Scrapped.