USS Dorsey (DD-117)
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| Namesake: | John Dorsey |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Laid down: | 18 September 1917 |
| Launched: | 9 April 1918 |
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| Reclassified: | DMS-1, 19 November 1940 |
| Fate: | Hulk destroyed, 1 January 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,090 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Dorsey (DD–117), reclassified DMS-1 on 19 November 1940, was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for John Dorsey.
Dorsey was launched 9 April 1918 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Mrs. A. Means, distant relative of Midshipman Dorsey; and commissioned 16 September 1918, Commander G. F. Neal in command.
Dorsey sailed with a merchant convoy from Philadelphia 20 September 1918, escorted it to Ireland, and returned to New York 19 October. Between 28 October and 20 November, she voyaged on escort duty to the Azores, then operated locally out of New York until 13 January 1919 when she got underway for target practice and fleet maneuvers in Cuban waters, returning 2 March. Three days later she sailed to escort George Washington with President Woodrow Wilson embarked as far as the Azores, returning to Guantánamo Bay 21 March to join the Fleet for maneuvers.
Dorsey sailed from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 9 April 1919, and arrived at Valletta, Malta, 26 April to report to Commander, Adriatic Squadron, for duty in the execution of the terms of the armistice with Austria. She served in the Mediterranean until 9 July when she proceeded to New York arriving on the 21st.
Dorsey sailed from New York with her division 17 September 1919 for the west coast, arriving at San Diego 12 October. She joined in fleet maneuvers in the Panama Canal Zone and operated with seaplanes at Valparaíso, Chile, until clearing San Diego 25 June 1921 to join the Asiatic Fleet.
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