"AD-4" redirects here. For the protein, see PSEN2.
USS Whitney (AD-4) at San Diego in 1932
History
United States
Name
USS Whitney
Namesake
William Collins Whitney
Laid down
23 April 1921
Launched
12 October 1923
Commissioned
2 September 1924
Decommissioned
22 October 1946
Fate
Sold for scrap, 18 March 1948
General characteristics
Class and type
Dobbin-class destroyer tender
Displacement
8,325 long tons (8,459 t)
Length
483 ft 9 in (147.45 m)
Beam
61 ft (19 m)
Draft
17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Speed
16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement
416 officers and enlisted
Armament
8 × 5 in (130 mm) guns
4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns
2 × 6-pounder guns
2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes
USS Whitney (AD-4) was a Dobbin-class destroyer tender named for United States Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. She was launched on 12 October 1923, and was commissioned on 2 September 1924.
She was on station in Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack. Whitney was undamaged during the attack. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1946, later being sold for scrap to the Dulien Ship Products on 18 March 1948.
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servicing the seaplanes: USS Curtiss, USS McFarland and USS Mackinac. USSWhitney Dobbin-class destroyer tender and the USS Argonne a Design 1024 cargo...
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