USS Philip (DD-76)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Philip |
| Namesake: | John Woodward Philip |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 1 September 1917 |
| Launched: | 25 July 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 24 August 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 May 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | 25 February 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 April 1937 |
| Recommissioned: | 30 September 1939 |
| Struck: | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate: | Transferred to United Kingdom 23 October 1940 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Lancaster |
| Commissioned: | 23 October 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | July 1945 |
| Fate: | scrapped in 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1090 tons (1107 tons) |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement: | 134 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Philip (DD–76) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lancaster. She was named for John Woodward Philip.
Philip was laid down by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 1 September 1917; launched 25 July 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Barrett P. Philip; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard 24 August 1918, Lieutenant Commander John F. Cox in command. The vessel was named for Admiral John Woodward Philip, captain of the battleship USS Texas during the blockade and battle of Santiago, Cuba in 1898.
After being fitted out at Boston, Philip reported to Commander Squadron Two, Cruiser Force, 1 September 1918, to escort convoy HX–47 across the Atlantic, returning from Buncrana, Ireland, under orders of Commander, U.S. Destroyer Forces operating in European waters. She was flagship of Submarine Hunting Group stationed at the Coast Guard Station, Cold Spring, Cape May, New Jersey, 28 September – 11 October. She steamed to Europe with convoy HX–54 which sailed 27 October but returned to New York, 20 November.
Philip supported the trans-Atlantic flight of the NC-1, NC-3, and NC-4, 11 – 19 May 1919. With other fleet units, she had a part in Army experimental firing at Fort Hancock, New York. She then had orders to duty with Squadron 4, Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet, and reported at San Diego Destroyer Base 2 August. During the next month she cruised to Pearl Harbor, and thereafter took part in division maneuvers, fleet movements and tactical exercises, cruising the west coast of the United States, South America, and Panama Canal Zone, having special duty as assigned until 29 May 1922 when Philip was placed out of commission.
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