USS Roe (DD-24)
USS Roe (DD-24) on patrol in 1918. She is painted in "dazzle" camouflage. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Roe |
| Namesake | Rear admiral Francis Asbury Roe |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost | $642,761.30 |
| Laid down | 19 January 1909 |
| Launched | 22 August 1910 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Reynold T. Hall |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 1 December 1919 |
| Stricken | 28 June 1934 |
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| Fate | transferred to the United States Coast Guard, scrapped 1934 |
| United States | |
| Name | Roe |
| Acquired | 7 June 1924 |
| Commissioned | 12 January 1928 |
| Decommissioned | 18 October 1930 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:CG-18 |
| Fate | Transferred back to the United States Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Paulding-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean) |
| Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Complement | 4 officers 87 enlisted |
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USS Roe (DD-24) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, and later in the United States Coast Guard designated CG-18. She was the first ship named for Francis Asbury Roe.
Roe was laid down on 18 January 1909 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia, launched on 24 July 1909, sponsored by Mrs. Reynold T. Hall, and commissioned on 17 September 1910.