USS Broome (DD-210)
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| Namesake: | John L. Broome |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Cost: | $892,802 (hull & machinery) |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1918 |
| Launched: | 14 May 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1919 |
| Recommissioned: | 5 February 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 December 1922 and 20 May 1946 |
| Reclassified: | AG-96, 23 May 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold, 20 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) TT. |
USS Broome (DD-210/AG-96) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named after Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel John L. Broome.
Broome was launched 14 May 1919 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Mary Josephine Heyworth Broome, granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel Broome, and commissioned 31 October 1919, Commander C. M. Austin in command.
Broome left New York Navy Yard in May 1920 for duty in European waters. She cruised between English and French ports, as well as in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean. At the end of the year, she reported to the Asiatic Fleet. After two years, she returned to the United States and went out of commission at San Diego 30 December 1922.
Broome was recommissioned 5 February 1930 and thereafter served actively with the fleet in the Pacific until 1939, except for a period in reduced commission during 1934. In May 1939, Broome arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard for duty in the Atlantic. In 1941, she was attached to Destroyer Division 63, Patrol Force, and operated with the Neutrality Patrol on the Atlantic coast. Later that year, she served as a convoy escort between Iceland and the United States.
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