USS McKean (DD-90)
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| Namesake: | William Wister McKean |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1918 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 25 February 1919 |
| Recommissioned: | 11 December 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 June 1922 |
| Reclassified: | 2 August 1940, as APD-5 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 17 November 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,060 tons |
| Length: | 315 ft 5 in (96.14 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4"/50 (102 mm), 2 x 1-pdrs. (0.454 kg), 4 x 3 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS McKean (DD-90/APD-5) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named in honor of William Wister McKean.
McKean was laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, 12 February 1918; launched 4 July 1918; sponsored by Miss Helen La Monte Ely; and commissioned at San Francisco 25 February 1919, Lieutenant Commander Raleigh C. Williams in command.
McKean served in the Atlantic from 1919 to 1922, made a cruise to European waters between May and July 1919, operated primarily out of New York and Charleston, and decommissioned at Philadelphia 19 June 1922. Reclassified as a High Speed Transport, APD-5 on 2 August 1940, she recommissioned at Norfolk 11 December 1940, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Burrows in command, and resumed duty with the fleet.
Following the outbreak of war in the Pacific 7 December 1941, McKean departed the east coast 10 May 1942 and reached the South Pacific 20 July to prepare for the invasion of the Solomons. She landed troops at Tulagi 7 August and during the next several months made escort and supply runs from bases in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides to American positions in the southern Solomons in support of the Guadalcanal campaign. She departed the South Pacific 31 January 1943, and after completing a cruise to the west coast for overhaul, she resumed escort and patrol operations between the New Hebrides and the Solomons 21 June. Between July and November, she took part in amphibious operations in the central Solomons, landing troops at beachheads on New Georgia and Rendova. In addition she patrolled the waters off Guadalcanal and up the Slot to New Georgia.
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