USS Alden (DD-211)
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USS Alden (DD-211), in Chefoo, China
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| Name: | USS Alden |
| Namesake: | James Alden, Jr. |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Laid down: | 24 October 1918 |
| Launched: | 14 May 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 July 1945 |
| Struck: | 13 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 30 November 1945 |
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| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nautical miles (9,100 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 106 officers and enlisted |
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USS Alden (DD-211) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy (USN). Serving during World War II, Alden is the only ship of the US Navy to have been named for Rear Admiral James Alden, Jr. (1810–1877).
Alden was laid down on 24 October 1918 and launched on 14 May 1919 by William Cramp and Sons, sponsored by Miss Sarah Alden Dorsey, a niece of the late Rear Admiral Alden, and commissioned on 24 November 1919, Commander William Ancrum in command.
Following shakedown training and post-shakedown repairs and alterations, Alden, subsequently reclassified from "Destroyer No 211" to DD-211 during the fleet wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, sailed on 5 December 1919 for duty in European waters, proceeding to Constantinople, and then to Samsun, Turkey.
Alden visited Adriatic ports during the spring of 1920, investigating political conditions and "showing the flag" to protect American interests in the area, her ports of call including Split, Gravosa, and Pula. During her trips along the Adriatic coast, she carried mail and passengers, and for a time served as station ship at Venice. Proceeding to Constantinople to participate in relief efforts for refugees from the Russian Civil War, she resumed her Adriatic operations soon afterwards, visiting Kotor and Split before she returned to Venice on 12–13 December 1920. She then again visited Split and Gravosa, in succession, before she proceeded to Salonika, Greece, where she arrived on 15 December.
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