Dyer (Destroyer)

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USS Dyer (DD); CLASS - WICKES (LITTLE)
Built To A Different Set Of Plans (Bethlehem)Than The Wickes (Bath)
The Little Versions Were Considered Less Successful Than The Bath Designed Ships, With Few Remaining In Service Past 1936.
Displacement 1,154 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA In Some Ships), 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,200 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 103.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Fore River, Quincy on September 26 1917.
Launched March 13 1918 and commissioned July 1 1918.
Placed into reserve from October 1919 thru October 1920
Returned back to service until arriving at Philadelphia
on April 3 1922 and decommissioned there June 7 1922 and was
berthed there until her sale. Stricken January 7 1936.
Fate Sold September 8 1936 and broken up for scrap.

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USS Dyer (DD-84) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I.

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