USS Edsall (DD-219)
Edsall in San Diego Harbor in the 1920s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Edsall |
| Namesake | Norman Eckley Edsall of Kentucky |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 485 |
| Laid down | 15 September 1919 |
| Launched | 29 July 1920 |
| Commissioned | 26 November 1920 |
| Honours & awards | 2 battle stars |
| Fate | Sunk by Japanese surface warships ~200 mi (320 km) east of Christmas Island, 1 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted; 153 in WWII |
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USS Edsall (DD-219), was a Clemson-class destroyer, the first of two United States Navy ships named after Seaman Norman Eckley Edsall (1873–1899). She was sunk by a combined Japanese air and sea attack, approximately 200 miles (320 km) east of Christmas Island on 1 March 1942.