USS Henley (DD-39)

USS Henley (DD-39), port bow, camouflaged, 1918 at Queenstown, Ireland.
History
United States
NameHenley
NamesakeCaptain Robert Henley, awarded Congressional Gold Medal
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$667,235.52
Laid down17 July 1911
Launched3 April 1912
Sponsored byMiss Constance Henley Kane
Commissioned6 December 1912
Decommissioned12 December 1919
Stricken5 July 1934
Identification
Fatetransferred to the United States Coast Guard, 16 May 1924
United States
NameHenley
Acquired16 May 1924
Commissioned14 November 1924
Decommissioned30 January 1931
IdentificationHull symbol:CG-12
Fate
  • returned to the US Navy, 30 January 1931
  • Sold for scrapping August 22, 1934
General characteristics
Class & typePaulding-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 742 long tons (754 t) normal
  • 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 30.32 kn (34.89 mph; 56.15 km/h) (Speed on Trial)
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted
Armament

The first USS Henley (DD-39) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-12. She was named for Robert Henley.

Henley was launched on 3 April 1912 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss Constance Henley Kane, great-grandniece or Robert Henley; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 6 December 1912.

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