USS Schenck (DD-159)
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| Namesake: | James F. Schenck |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1918 |
| Launched: | 23 April 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 30 October 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 May 1946 |
| Reclassified: | AG-82, 25 September 1944 |
| Struck: | 5 June 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 25 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,211 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.45 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Schenck (DD-159) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral James F. Schenck, USN (1807–1882).
Schenck was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 26 March 1918, launched on 23 April 1919 by Miss Mary Janet Earle and commissioned on 30 October 1919, Commander N. H. Goss in command.
Schenck was attached to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and, after shakedown, operated between New York and Chesapeake Bay. Between July and September 1920, she patrolled off the east coast of Mexico; and, in early 1921, she participated in fleet exercises in the Caribbean. Her crew was reduced to 50% of her authorized complement at Charleston, South Carolina, on 7 November 1921; and she was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 9 June 1922.
Schenck was recommissioned on 1 May 1930, and trained reservists during the summer. In January 1931, she joined the fleet in the Caribbean for Fleet Problem XII and, the following year, also participated in Fleet Problem XIII off Hawaii. Due to the increased tension in the Far East resulting from Japanese military action in Manchuria and at Shanghai, China, she remained in the Pacific with the Scouting Fleet until June 1932. Schenck again returned to the Pacific in February 1933 for Fleet Problem XIV and remained there until April 1934, when she reentered the Caribbean for more fleet exercises. Then, with intervening periods of overhaul and rotating reserve at Norfolk, Schenck trained naval reservists and Naval Academy midshipmen in cruises along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from May 1935 until the outbreak of war in Europe.
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