USS Turner (DD-259)
USS Turner (DD-259), 1919-1921 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Turner |
| Namesake | Daniel Turner |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 19 December 1918 |
| Launched | 17 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 7 June 1922 |
| United States | |
| Name | YW-56 |
| In service | October 1936 |
| Out of service | 13 February 1943 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Moosehead |
| Namesake | Moosehead Lake region of Maine |
| Commissioned | 5 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 19 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 20 February 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,868 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 197 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Turner (DD-259) was a Clemson-class destroyer in commission in the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922. She served in a non-commissioned status as the water lighter YW-56 from 1936 to 1943, and was in commission as a miscellaneous auxiliary, the second USS Moosehead (IX-98), from 1943 to 1946.