USS Swasey (DD-273)
HMS Rockingham | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Swasey |
| Namesake | Charles Swasey |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
| Laid down | 27 August 1918 |
| Launched | 7 May 1919 |
| Sponsored by | Ms. Mary L. Swasey |
| Commissioned | 8 August 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 10 June 1922 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred to the United Kingdom, 26 November 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rockingham |
| Acquired | 26 November 1940 |
| Fate | Sank while under tow after striking a mine on 27 September 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 long tons (1,234 t) |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Installed power | 26,500 hp (19,800 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Swasey (DD-273) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Rockingham (G58).