USS Walke (DD-34)
USS Walke (DD-34) underway, during the time of her trials in 1911. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Walke |
| Namesake | Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Cost | $635,827.11 |
| Laid down | 5 March 1910 |
| Launched | 3 November 1910 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Mildred Walke Walter, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Walke |
| Commissioned | 22 July 1911 |
| Decommissioned | 9 December 1919 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1935 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold, scrapped, 23 April 1935 |
| Notes | designation DD-34 on 17 July 1920 but lost her name 13 years later on 1 July 1933 when it was reassigned to DD-416 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Paulding-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean) |
| Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Complement | 4 officers 87 enlisted |
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The first USS Walke (DD-34) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke.
Walke was laid down on 5 March 1910 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company; launched on 3 November 1910; sponsored by Miss Mildred Walke Walter, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Walke; and commissioned on 22 July 1911 at the Boston Navy Yard.