USS Flusser (DD-20)
USS Flusser (DD-20) in 1909 during trials making 26 knots, note funnel arrangement. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Flusser |
| Namesake | Lieutenant commander Charles W. Flusser |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 3 August 1908 |
| Launched | 20 July 1909 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Genevieve Virden, grand-niece of Lieutenant Commander Flusser |
| Commissioned | 28 October 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 14 July 1919 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1919 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: DD-20 |
| Fate | Sold, 15 November 1919 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Smith-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 700 long tons (710 t) normal |
| Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3,230 mm) |
| Speed | 31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
| Complement | 89 officers and crew |
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USS Flusser (DD–20) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second ship named for Lieutenant commander Charles W. Flusser.