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USS Sicard

USS Sicard (DD-346)
History
United States
Namesake: Montgomery Sicard
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 18 June 1919
Launched: 20 April 1920
Commissioned: 9 June 1920
Decommissioned: 21 November 1945
Struck: 19 December 1945
Fate: sold for scrap, 22 June 1946
General characteristics
Class and type: Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,215 tons
Length: 314 feet 4 12 inches (95.822 m)
Beam: 30 feet 8 inches (9.35 m)
Draft: 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m)
Propulsion:
  • 26,500 shp (20 MW);
  • geared turbines,
  • 2 screws
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range:
  • 4,900 nmi (9,100 km)
  •   @ 15 kt
Complement: 122 officers and enlisted
Armament: 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) tt.

USS Sicard (DD-346/DM-21/AG-100) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Montgomery Sicard.

Sicard was laid down on 18 June 1919 by the Bath Iron Works; launched on 20 April 1920; sponsored by Mrs. M.H. Sicard, daughter-in-law of Rear Admiral Sicard; and commissioned on 9 June 1920, Lt. J.K. Davis in temporary command.

On 18 June 1920, her regularly appointed commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. G.C. Dichman, took command; and, on 26 June, the ship joined Destroyer Squadrons, Atlantic Fleet at Newport, Rhode Island. She operated on the east coast and in the Caribbean and Panama Canal Zone areas until 1922, engaging in battle and torpedo practice and fleet maneuvers and receiving necessary repairs at the New York Navy Yard. On 20 January 1921, she transited the Panama Canal and participated in combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleet war games and maneuvers in the Pacific, cruising to Callao, Peru, and returning to the Atlantic on 24 February.

Arriving at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 27 April 1922 from spring maneuvers in the West Indies, Sicard was repaired and fitted out for duty on the Asiatic Station. On 15 June, she proceeded to Newport, received torpedo equipment; and, on the 20th, got underway with her squadron for her new station, sailing via the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. The squadron arrived at Chefoo, China, on 26 August, and joined the Asiatic Fleet, with which she operated for seven years, based at Chefoo and Tsingtao in the summer and Manila in the winter. She received periodic overhauls at the Cavite Navy Yard. She participated in fleet exercises and maneuvers, protected American interests in China, Japan, and the Philippines, and engaged in escort and patrol duty on the China Coast and on the Yangtze River during periods of unrest.


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