USS Evans (DD-78)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Evans |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 28 December 1917 |
| Launched | 30 October 1918 |
| Commissioned | 11 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 29 May 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 1 April 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1937 |
| Recommissioned | 30 September 1939 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 23 October 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Mansfield |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
| Fate |
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| Norway | |
| Name | HNoMS Mansfield |
| Acquired | December 1940 |
| Fate | Returned to Royal Navy March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 315 ft 5 in (96.14 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
The first USS Evans (DD–78) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Mansfield.