USS Little (DD-79)

USS Little (DD-79), running trials in icy waters, 4 March 1918.
History
United States
Namesake:	George Little
Builder:	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down:	18 June 1917
Launched:	11 November 1917
Commissioned:	6 April 1918
Decommissioned:	5 July 1922
Reclassified:	Fast transport (APD-4) 2 August 1940
Recommissioned:	4 November 1940
Fate:	Sunk 5 September 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Wickes class destroyer
Displacement:	1,191 tons
Length:	314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam:	30 ft 11 in (9.42 m)
Draft:	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement:	133 officers and enlisted
Armament:	4 × 4"/50 (102 mm), 2 × 1-pounder, 4 × 3 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.

USS Little (DD-79/APD-4), a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for George Little (1754–1809).

Little was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts, 18 June 1917, launched 11 November 1917, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel W. Wakeman, and commissioned 6 April 1918, Commander Joseph K. Taussig in command.

Little departed Norfolk 5 May 1918 for convoy escort duty with Patrol Force, Coast of France, and operated from Brest until she sailed for home 26 December. During this period she escorted President Woodrow Wilson’s party to the Continent to attend the Paris Peace Conference.

The ship arrived Boston 18 January 1919 for drydock and operations with Destroyer Force, Atlantic. She escorted the President’s party back into New York 6 to 8 July, and then engaged in tactical exercises, she was transferred to Reserve Status with ComDesRon 3 at Philadelphia 17 November where she remained until 4 January 1921. The ship then operated along the Atlantic coast until she returned to Philadelphia and decommissioned 5 July 1922.