USS Talbot (DD-114)
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| Namesake: | Silas Talbot |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Laid down: | 12 July 1917 |
| Launched: | 20 February 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 20 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1923 |
| Recommissioned: | 31 May 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 October 1945 |
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| Struck: | 24 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 30 January 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,154 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Talbot (DD-114) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, APD-7 in the World War II. She was the second ship named in honor of Silas Talbot.
Talbot was laid down on 12 July 1917 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons; launched on 20 February 1918; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Major; and commissioned on 20 July 1918, Lieutenant Commander Isaac Foote Dortch in command.
Talbot stood out of New York on the 31st and steamed to the British Isles. She made three more round-trip voyages to England and, in December, called at Brest, France. In 1919, she joined the Pacific Fleet and operated with it until 31 March 1923 when she was decommissioned at San Diego. On 17 July 1920, the ship was designated DD-114 while in reserve.
Talbot was recommissioned on 31 May 1930, and joined Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 10 of the Battle Force at San Diego. She remained with Battle Force until 1937 when she went to Hawaii to support Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, for a year. In 1939, she served with the Battle Force and the Submarine Force. In 1940 and 1941, the destroyer was based at San Diego.
The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Talbot got underway in the screen of Saratoga and headed for Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor exactly a week after the Japanese raid, patrolled off the islands for 10 days, and returned to San Diego. In February 1942, the ship joined the Patrol Force of the 12th Naval District and escorted convoys along the Pacific coast.
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