USS Southard (DMS-10)
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| Namesake: | Samuel L. Southard |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1918 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 24 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 8 January 1946 |
| Fate: | destroyed, 14 January 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 1⁄2 in (95.82 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 11 1⁄2 in (9.741 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Southard (DD-207/DMS-10) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second Navy ship named for Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard (1787–1842).
Southard was laid down on 18 August 1918 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons; launched on 31 March 1919; sponsored by Miss Francesca Lewis Steward; and was commissioned on 24 September 1919, Commander Richard Willson in command.
During the early fall of 1919, Southard completed fitting-out and sailed for the Florida coast for shakedown. She next headed for New York City to join six other destroyers in escorting the British battlecruiser Renown out to sea as that warship departed carrying Edward, the Prince of Wales, after his visit to the United States. On 19 November 1919, Southard departed Newport, Rhode Island, for duty with the naval forces in the eastern Mediterranean. For about a year, she operated in the Adriatic Sea. She then departed the Dalmatian coast, transited the Suez Canal, and, after calling at ports in Egypt, Arabia, India, and China, put in at Cavite in the Philippines on 16 February 1921. Southard underwent repairs at the navy yard there until 21 March, when she resumed operations. On 27 August 1922, she sailed for the United States and arrived in San Francisco, California, on 2 October. From there, she moved on to San Diego, where she was decommissioned on 7 February 1922.
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