USS Sigourney (DD-81)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Sigourney |
| Namesake | James Butler Sigourney |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 25 August 1917 |
| Launched | 16 December 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 23 August 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 26 November 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 26 November 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Newport |
| Acquired | 26 November 1940 (from U.S. Navy) |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: G54 |
| Fate | Transferred to Norway March 1941 |
| Acquired | June 1942 (from Norway) |
| Decommissioned | January 1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped 18 February 1947 |
| Norway | |
| Name | HNoMS Newport |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | March 1941 (from Royal Navy) |
| Identification | Pennant number: G54 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom June 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,191 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.822 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 4+1⁄4 in (9.252 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
USS Sigourney (DD–81) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for James Butler Sigourney.