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USS KennisonUnited States
NameKennison
NamesakeWilliam Kennison
BuilderMare Island Navy Yard
Laid down14 February 1918
Launched8 June 1918
Commissioned2 April 1919
Decommissioned22 June 1922
IdentificationDD-138
Recommissioned18 December 1939
Decommissioned21 November 1945
ReclassifiedAG-83, 1944
Stricken5 December 1945
FateSold for scrapping, 18 November 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeWickes-class destroyer
Displacement1,154 long tons (1,173 t)
Length314 ft 5 in (95.8 m)
Beam31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Draft9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement113 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns
  • 1 × 1-pounder gun
  • 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Kennison (DD–138) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, later redesignated AG-83. She was the first ship named for William Kennison.

Kennison was launched on 8 June 1918 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Riner; and commissioned on 2 April 1919.

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