USS Walke (DD-34)
USS Walke (DD-34) underway, during the time of her trials in 1911.
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| Name: | Walke |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Cost: | $635,827.11 |
| Laid down: | 5 March 1910 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1910 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Mildred Walke Walter, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Walke |
| Commissioned: | 22 July 1911 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 December 1919 |
| Struck: | 20 March 1935 |
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| Fate: | sold, scrapped, 23 April 1935 |
| Notes: | designation DD-34 on 17 July 1920 but lost her name 13 years later on 1 July 1933 when it was reassigned to DD-416 |
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| Class and type: | Paulding-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean) |
| Installed power: | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Complement: | 4 officers 87 enlisted |
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The first USS Walke (DD-34) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke.
Walke was laid down on 5 March 1910 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company; launched on 3 November 1910; sponsored by Miss Mildred Walke Walter, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Walke; and commissioned on 22 July 1911 at the Boston Navy Yard, Lieutenant Charles R. Train in command.
Upon commissioning, Walke was assigned to the 9th Division, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. After fitting out at Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, where she loaded torpedoes for training with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. During the fall and winter, the destroyer conducted battle practice and torpedo-firing exercises with the destroyers and submarines of the torpedo fleet. In addition, she operated with the larger units of the Atlantic Fleet itself during training in more comprehensive combat drills. Those exercises covered the entire Atlantic coast from Cape Cod in the north to Cuba in the south.
Such operations occupied the destroyer until 1 November 1913, when she was placed in reserve at the New York Navy Yard. Though in reserve for the next 17 months, Walke never went out of commission; during her semi-retirement, the ship retained a commanding officer and at least a partial crew. Though not active with the Fleet, she did get underway periodically to keep her machinery in good working order while always remaining close to New York. During October and November 1914 Walke was employed in experimental deep sea diving trials which culminated in Navy diver Stephen J. Drelishak's dive to a then-record depth of 274 ft (84 m) in Long Island Sound.
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