USS Israel
USS Israel at Split, Yugoslavia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Israel |
| Namesake | Joseph Israel |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 26 January 1918 |
| Launched | 22 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 13 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 7 July 1922 |
| Reclassified | 17 July 1920, DM-3 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1936 |
| Fate | Sold, 18 April 1939 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 113 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Israel (DD-98) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following.