USS Taylor (DD-94)
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| Name: | USS Taylor (DD-94) |
| Namesake: | Henry Taylor |
| Builder: | Mare Island Navy Yard, California |
| Laid down: | 15 October 1917 |
| Launched: | 14 February 1918 |
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| Struck: | 6 December 1938 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, August 1945 |
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| Class and type: | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,090 tonnes (1,070 long tons; 1,200 short tons) |
| Length: | 314 feet 1⁄2 inch (95.7 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet 11 3⁄4 inches (9.44 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Taylor (DD-94) was a Wickes-class destroyer built in 1918 for the United States Navy, which saw service in World War I and the years following. She was named for Rear Admiral Henry Taylor.
One of 111 ships of her class, Taylor was commissioned near the end of World War I and patrolled in the Atlantic Ocean during and immediately following the war, though she saw no service supporting the war. After eight years out of commission, she returned to service in 1930 patrolling along the East Coast of the United States and in Latin America. Decommissioned in 1938, she then became a training hulk. During World War II her forward section was removed and grafted onto USS Blakeley after the latter ship was damaged in a submarine attack. Taylor continued to serve as a training hulk until she was sold for scrap in 1945.
Taylor was one of 111 Wickes-class destroyers built by the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919. She, along with seven of her sisters, were constructed at Mare Island Navy Yard in San Francisco, California, using detailed designs drawn up by Bath Iron Works.
She had a standard displacement of 1,090 tonnes (1,070 long tons; 1,200 short tons) an overall length of 314 feet .5 inches (95.720 m), a beam of 30 feet 11.75 inches (9.4425 m) and a draught of 9 feet (2.7 m). On trials, Taylor reached a speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). She was armed with four 4"/50 caliber guns, one 3"/23 caliber gun, and twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes. She had a regular crew complement of 122 officers and enlisted men. She was coal-powered, and driven by two Curtis steam turbines powered by four Yarrow boilers with an indicated horsepower of 24,200 shaft horsepower (18,000 kW).
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