USS Chandler (DD-206)

USS Chandler (DD-206) in 1919
History
United States
Namesake:	William Eaton Chandler
Builder:	William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Laid down:	19 August 1918
Launched:	19 March 1919
Commissioned:	5 September 1919
Decommissioned:	12 November 1945
Reclassified:	as DMS-9 on 19 November 1940, and AG-108, on 5 June 1945
Struck:	5 December 1945
Fate:	Sold, on 18 November 1946
General characteristics
Class and type:	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,215 tons (1,234 t)
Length:	314 ft 4 in (95.81 m)
Beam:	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft:	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsion:	26,500 shp (20 MW); geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement:	122 officers and enlisted
Armament:	Four 4 in (100 mm) guns, twelve 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Chandler (DD-206/DMS-9/AG-108) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the only ship named for William Eaton Chandler, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1882 to 1886.

Chandler was launched on 19 March 1919 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company; sponsored by Mrs. L. H. Chandler; and commissioned 5 September, Lieutenant Commander F. Cogswell in command.

Assigned to Destroyer Squadron 3 of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Chandler sailed from Newport, Rhode Island, 19 December for duty with U.S. Naval Forces, Turkey. After carrying a diplomatic mission to the Crimea, and aiding the American Red Cross in its relief work with Russia refugees, Chandler joined the U.S. Naval Detachment, Adriatic. She served as station ship at Venice and had relief duty throughout the Adriatic until January 1921.

Sailing through the Suez Canal, Chandler arrived at Cavite, on 15 February 1921. She served with the Asiatic Fleet, protecting American interests throughout the Far East, until on 25 August 1922. Clearing Chefoo, China, she arrived at San Francisco 30 September. She was decommissioned on 20 October 1922, and placed in reserve at Mare Island Navy Yard.