USS Litchfield (DD-336)
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 United States
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| Namesake: | John Litchfield |
| Builder: | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1919 |
| Launched: | 12 August 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 12 May 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 November 1944 |
| Struck: | 28 November 1944 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 29 March 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet 11 1⁄2 inches (9.436 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 126 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm), 1 × 3" (76 mm), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Litchfield (DD-336/AG-95) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for John Litchfield.
Litchfield was laid down 15 January 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; launched 12 August 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Martha D. Litchfield, mother of Pharmacist’s Mate Litchfield; and commissioned 12 May 1920, Lieutenant Commander J. F. McClain in command.
Litchfield, a flush-decker, sailed to Bremerton, Washington, on her shakedown cruise but her initial tour on the west coast was brief. Before the end of 1921 she had departed San Diego, California and arrived in Charleston, South Carolina. Following the annual fleet maneuvers, Litchfield steamed to Newport, Rhode Island, to join Division 39 for duty in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, arriving at Constantinople on 28 June 1922.
The division served under the direct command of Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, U.S. High Commissioner for Turkey. The Allied Commissioners were attempting to end a war between this former ally of Germany and Greece. Litchfield served in humanitarian causes and as an instrument of American foreign policy as Admiral Bristol’s destroyers evacuated 262,000 Greek and Armenian refugees from Smyrna, Turkey, 13 September. The destroyers also assisted civilian relief agencies attempting to feed and evacuate additional thousands suffering from famine and war.
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