USS Brooks (DD-232)
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USS Brooks (DD-232) underway during trials in 1920
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| Namesake: | John Brooks, Jr. |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding |
| Cost: | $1,096,655.06 (hull & machinery) |
| Laid down: | 11 June 1918 |
| Launched: | 24 April 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 18 June 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 August 1945 |
| Struck: | 17 September 1945 |
| Fate: | sold, 30 January 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Variant of Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 10 inches (3 m) |
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| Speed: | 33.2 knots (61 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 5 in (130 mm), 1 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Brooks (DD-232/APD-10) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant John Brooks, Jr.
Brooks was launched 24 April 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Company, sponsored by Mrs. George S. Keyes, grandniece of Lieutenant Brooks, and commissioned 18 June 1920, Lieutenant D. M. Dalton in command.
Brooks left Philadelphia for European waters 26 August 1920. She was first assigned to the Baltic Patrol for a short time and then the Naval Forces in the Adriatic Sea. She joined the United States Naval Forces in Turkish waters in June 1921. Brooks departed for the United States 26 September 1921 and arrived at New York City 19 October. She was then assigned to the Scouting Fleet, U. S. Fleet, and participated in fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Pacific until placed out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia Navy Yard 20 January 1931.
Brooks was recommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 18 June 1932, and assigned to the Scouting Force, participating in fleet operations on both coasts until going out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia on 2 September 1938. She was recommissioned 25 April 1939 and assigned to the Neutrality Patrol on the Atlantic coast, where she remained until she joined the Local Defense Force, 13th Naval District, in November 1940. Brooks was operating with this force when the United States entered World War II.
As a patrol and escort ship, Brooks operated between California, Washington, and Alaska during the first year of World War II. On 20 September 1942, she arrived at Seattle, to commence conversion to a high-speed transport. On 1 December 1942, her classification was changed to APD-10 and she was assigned to the South Pacific.
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