USS Henshaw (DD-278)
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| Namesake: | David Henshaw |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
| Launched: | 28 June 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 March 1930 |
| Struck: | 22 July 1930 |
| Fate: | sold 14 November 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,308 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Henshaw (DD-278) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Secretary of the Navy David Henshaw.
Built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Squantum, Massachusetts, Henshaw was launched 28 June 1919, with Miss Ethel H. Dempsey as sponsor. She commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts on 10 December 1919, Lieutenant Commander Martin J. Peterson in command.
The new destroyer sailed to Newport, Rhode Island, for torpedoes and ammunition and from there left for the Caribbean, arriving at Guantanamo 9 February 1920. From 24 February until 4 March Henshaw was part of the Navy fleet standing off Port Cortes, Honduras, to protect American lives and interests in case of a revolution taking place in Guatemala. Once it was clear that a revolution was not going to occur, she sailed for the West Coast, joining the destroyer squadron, Pacific Fleet, at San Diego, California on 1 April. Her first duty was to escort the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, in Renown into and out of San Diego on 7–8 April.
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