USS Abbot (DD-184)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Abbot |
| Namesake | Joel Abbot |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 5 April 1918 |
| Launched | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 19 July 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 5 July 1922 |
| Commissioned | 17 June 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-184 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 23 September 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Charlestown |
| Commissioned | 23 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number:I21 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,306 long tons (1,327 t) |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Abbot (DD-184) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy until traded to Britain at the beginning of World War II. She served in the Royal Navy as HMS Charlestown (I21), a Town-class destroyer.