USS Sinclair (DD-275)
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| Namesake: | Arthur Sinclair |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard |
| Laid down: | 15 October 1918 |
| Launched: | 2 June 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 8 October 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 June 1929 |
| Struck: | 5 June 1935 |
| Fate: | sold 30 August 1935 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 1⁄2 inches (95.822 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet 11 1⁄2 inches (9.436 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm), 1 × 3" (76 mm), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Sinclair (DD-275) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain Arthur Sinclair.
Sinclair was laid down on 15 October 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts; launched on 2 June 1919; sponsored by Mrs. George Barnett, great-granddaughter of Capt. Sinclair; and commissioned on 8 October 1919, Lt. Cmdr. C. S. Roberts in command.
After shakedown, Sinclair departed Newport, Rhode Island on 17 January 1920 for the Caribbean. Between 7 February and 25 February 1920, she patrolled off the coasts of Honduras and Guatemala during political unrest in those countries. From 13 March to 18 March, she assisted in efforts to salvage the submarine, H-l, aground off Santa Margarita Island, California. She then joined the Pacific Fleet for operations off San Diego, California.
On 9 July 1920, Sinclair embarked the Secretary of the Navy and Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, at Seattle, Washington, and carried them on a tour of ports in Alaska and British Columbia. The Secretary of the Navy transferred to Idaho (BB-42) on 18 July, and the Commander in Chief to New Mexico (BB-40) upon returning to Puget Sound on 12 August. Sinclair then resumed operations off San Diego until decommissioned and placed in reserve there on 25 May 1920.
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