USS Luce (DD-99)
USS Luce at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 28 November 1919 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Luce |
| Namesake | Stephen B. Luce |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 9 February 1918 |
| Launched | 29 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 11 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1922 |
| Identification | DD-99 |
| Recommissioned | 19 March 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1931 |
| Reclassified | 18 March 1920, DM-4 |
| Stricken | 7 January 1936 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 13 November 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,191 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 133 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Luce (DD-99) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. She was named in honor of Stephen B. Luce.