USS Lansdale (DD-101)
USS Lansdale at Venice, Italy, in 1919. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Lansdale |
| Namesake | Philip Van Horne Lansdale |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 20 April 1918 |
| Launched | 21 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 26 October 1918 |
| Reclassified | Light minelayer, DM-6, 11 July 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 25 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 24 March 1931 |
| Stricken | 25 January 1937 |
| Fate | Hulked 28 December 1936 Sold 16 March 1939 |
| 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 |
| Armament |
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The first USS Lansdale (DD-101) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, DM-6 in the years following. She was named in honor of Philip Van Horne Lansdale.