USS Breckinridge (DD-148)
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| Namesake: | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Cost: | $1,447,415.47 (hull & machinery) |
| Laid down: | 11 March 1918 |
| Launched: | 17 August 1918 |
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| Reclassified: | AG-112, 30 June 1945 |
| Struck: | 19 December 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 31 October 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,154 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm), 2 × 3" (76 mm), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Breckinridge (DD–148) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later reclassified as AG-112. She was named for Ensign Joseph Breckinridge.
Breckinridge was launched 17 August 1918 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Genevieve Dudley Breckinridge, a niece of Ensign Breckinridge, and commissioned 27 February 1919, Commander Arthur L. Bristol in command.
Breckinridge joined the Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet operating off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She was employed along the east coast principally in the development and tests of sonar devices until placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia 30 June 1922. Recommissioned in May 1930, Breckinridge served with the Scouting Force United States Fleet, along the east coast until late in 1932. She sailed for the Pacific where she served with the Scouting Force from Alaska to Pearl Harbor. In May 1936 she was assigned to Training Squadron 10 and operated along the east coast and in Cuban waters until September 1936 when she was placed out of commission in reserve. After three years out of commission at Philadelphia, she was recommissioned in September 1939 and served with Division 66, Atlantic Squadron, on the Neutrality Patrol. In December 1940 she was assigned to the Inshore Patrol Station, Panama Canal Zone. Subsequent to May 1941 Breckinridge was based at Key West, Florida, patrolling and conducting underwater experiments and scheduled exercises.
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