USS Brooks (DD-232) underway during trials in 1920
History
United States
Namesake
John Brooks, Jr.
Builder
New York Shipbuilding
Cost
$1,096,655.06 (hull & machinery)[1]
Laid down
11 June 1918
Launched
24 April 1919
Commissioned
18 June 1920
Decommissioned
20 January 1931
Recommissioned
18 June 1932
Decommissioned
2 September 1938
Recommissioned
25 April 1939
Reclassified
High-speed transport, APD-10, 1 December 1942
Decommissioned
2 August 1945
Stricken
17 September 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap 30 January 1946
General characteristics
Class and type
Variant of Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement
1,215 tons
Length
314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m)
Beam
31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m)
Draft
9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m)
Propulsion
26,500 shp (20 MW);
geared turbines,
2 screws
Speed
33.2 knots (61.5 km/h)
Range
4,900 nautical miles (9,100 km)
@ 15 kt
Complement
130 officers and enlisted
Armament
4 x 5 in (130 mm), 1 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt.
USS Brooks (DD-232/APD-10) was a Clemson-class United States Navy destroyer who served primarily in Europe and the Atlantic, the Adriatic, and both the Pacific and Caribbean after WWI. Between 1931 and 1939 she was placed out of commission. She was recommissioned in 1939 and served in the Atlantic until 1941, switching to the Pacific Theatre during World War II where she was badly damaged at the Battle of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. She was named for Lieutenant John Brooks, Jr.
^"Table 21 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
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