USS Upshur (DD-144)
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| Namesake: | John Henry Upshur |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Laid down: | 19 February 1918 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1918 |
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| Reclassified: | AG-103, on 3 June 1945 |
| Struck: | 11 November 1945 |
| Fate: | sold on 26 September 1947; scrapped by April 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,247 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 1⁄2 in (95.822 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 1⁄4 in (9.430 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft ½ in (2.76 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 113 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in (100 mm), 2 x .30 cal. machine guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Upshur (DD–144) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the first ship named for Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur.
Upshur was laid down on 19 February 1918 at Philadelphia by William Cramp and Sons' shipyards; launched on 4 July 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Alexander Gustavus Brown, the granddaughter of Rear Admiral Upshur; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 23 December 1918, Commander William V. Tomb in command.
Following shakedown and fitting out, Upshur departed Newport, Rhode Island, on 20 May 1919, bound via the Azores for north European waters. She arrived at Devonport, England, on 16 June and shifted to Harwich two days later before subsequently calling at Heligoland, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; and the free city of Danzig. She eventually returned, via Harwich and Ponta Delgada, to the United States, arriving at New York City on 22 July.
Assigned to the Pacific Fleet soon thereafter, Upshur transited the Panama Canal, bound for San Diego, her base of operations until the spring of the following year. During her time at San Diego, the ship conducted gunnery and torpedo training and local coastal operations. In April 1920, Upshur got underway and proceeded via Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guam to the Far East, arriving at Cavite, in the Philippines, on 20 May. She soon sailed for duty on the lower Yangtze River as part of the Yangtze River Patrol.
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