USS Rathburne (DD-113)
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| Namesake: | John Peck Rathbun |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 12 July 1917 |
| Launched: | 27 December 1917 |
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| Struck: | 28 November 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,060 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.45 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.66 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 133 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm), 2 × 3" (76 mm), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Rathburne (DD–113) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for John Peck Rathbun.
Rathburne was laid down 12 July 1917 by William Cramp and Sons Company, Philadelphia; launched 27 December 1917; sponsored by Miss Malinda B. Mull; and commissioned 24 June 1918, Commander Ward R. Wortman in command.
During the final months of World War I, July to November 1918, Rathburne escorted coastal convoys from the mid-Atlantic seaboard as far north as Halifax, Nova Scotia and oceanic convoys to the Azores. Completing her last convoy at New York 27 November, she remained there until the new year, 1919, then sailed south to Cuba for winter maneuvers. With the spring, she again crossed the Atlantic, operated from Brest during May and June, and returned to New York in July. In August she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet. West coast operations occupied the remainder of the year, while the first half of 1920 was spent in overhaul at Puget Sound. Designated DD-113 in July, she cruised the waters off Washington and in the Gulf of Alaska from August 1920 until January 1921, and then shifted south for operations off California.
In July, she headed west and in late August arrived at Cavite to join the Asiatic Fleet. Based there for almost a year, she departed the Philippines on 16 July 1922, cruised off the China coast into August and on the 30th of that month sailed from Nagasaki en route to Midway, Pear Harbor, and San Francisco. Arriving at the latter 2 October, she soon shifted to San Diego, where she was decommissioned 12 February 1923 and was berthed with the reserve fleet until 1930.
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