USS Breckinridge

USS Breckinridge
History
United States
NameBreckinridge
NamesakeJoseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr.
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost$1,447,415.47 (hull & machinery)
Yard number463
Laid down11 March 1918
Launched17 August 1918
Commissioned27 February 1919
Decommissioned30 June 1922
IdentificationDD-148
RecommissionedMay 1930
DecommissionedSeptember 1936
RecommissionedSeptember 1939
Decommissioned30 November 1945
ReclassifiedAG-112, 30 June 1945
Stricken19 December 1945
FateSold for scrapping, 31 October 1946
General characteristics
Class & typeWickes-class destroyer
Displacement1,154 tons
Length314 ft 5 in (95.8 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Draft9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement122 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Breckinridge (DD–148) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later reclassified as AG-112. She was named for Ensign Joseph Breckinridge.

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