USS Ringgold (DD-89)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Ringgold |
| Namesake | Cadwalader Ringgold |
| Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 20 October 1917 |
| Launched | 14 April 1918 |
| Commissioned | 14 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 17 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 23 August 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-89 |
| Fate | Transferred to UK, 26 November 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Newark |
| Commissioned | 26 November 1940 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 18 February 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 tons |
| Length | 315 ft 5 in (96.14 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 134 officers and enlisted |
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USS Ringgold (DD-89) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the interwar period. During World War II, the vessel was transferred to the Royal Navy as a Town-class destroyer named HMS Newark, being scrapped after the end of the war in 1947.