USS Chandler (DD-206)

History
USS Chandler (DD-206) in 1919
United States
Name	Chandler
Namesake	William Eaton Chandler
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	472
Laid down	19 August 1918
Launched	19 March 1919
Commissioned	5 September 1919
Decommissioned	20 October 1922
Recommissioned	31 March 1930
Reclassified	Destroyer minesweeper, DMS-9, 19 November 1940 Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-108, 5 June 1945
Decommissioned	12 November 1945
Stricken	5 December 1945
Fate	Sold 18 November 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,215 tons (1,234 t)
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.8 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Draft	9 ft 10 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (19,800 kW) geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	Original 4 × 4 in (102 mm) guns Y-Gun depth charge projector 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (removed by 1941-2) Guns were upgraded to 2-3 x 3" 50 caliber, and likely twin powered Bosford AA gun or to add range, the Oerlikon 20 mm AA gun, for World War II

USS Chandler (DD-206/DMS-9/AG-108) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the only ship named for William Eaton Chandler, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1882 to 1886.