USS Hatfield (DD-231)
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| History | |
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 United States
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| Namesake: | John Hatfield |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 10 June 1918 |
| Launched: | 17 March 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 16 April 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 December 1946 |
| Struck: | 28 January 1947 |
| Fate: | sold 9 May 1947 for scrap to National Metal and Steel Corporation |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Variant of Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,190 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 5" (127 mm), 1 x 3" (76 mm), 12 x 21" (533 mm) tt. |
USS Hatfield (DD-231/AG-84) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John Hatfield, killed in action 1813.
Hatfield was launched 17 March 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. J. Edmond Haugh; and commissioned 16 April 1920, Lieutenant N. Vytlacil in command.
After training cruises during the summer, Hatfield sailed from Brooklyn 6 September 1920 for Key West, Florida, and continued her exercises along the Atlantic coast for the remainder of 1920. From 4 January 1921 to 24 April she operated in the Caribbean. Hatfield returned to Hampton Roads in time for a review of the fleet by President Warren G. Harding 28 April. She continued maneuvers until 7 November, when she was assigned to the 14th squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.
During early 1922, Hatfield operated from Charleston, South Carolina, and on 2 October departed for the Mediterranean to join the U.S. detachment in Turkish waters where she remained on patrol duty until 31 July 1923, visiting many ports including Smyrna, Jaffa, Beirut, Rhodes, and Varna.
Upon return to New York 11 August 1923, she was assigned to the U.S. Scouting Fleet. For the next 7 years, Hatfield maneuvered and drilled along the East Coast, Cuba, Central America, and the Gulf of Mexico. On 15 January 1928 her squadron accompanied President Calvin Coolidge to Cuba and Haiti for the Pan-American Conference. In November 1930 she sailed for Philadelphia where she was decommissioned 13 January 1931.
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