USS Roe (DD-418)

History
United States
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	23 April 1938
Launched	21 June 1939
Commissioned	5 January 1940
Decommissioned	30 October 1945
Stricken	16 November 1945
Honors &; awards	American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp, "A" device), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
Fate	Sold August 1947, broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class & type	Sims-class destroyer
Displacement	1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std); 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full);
Length	348 ft 3+1⁄4 in (106.2 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)
Draft	13 ft 4.5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	High-pressure super-heated boilers ; Geared turbines with twin screws; 50,000 hp (37,000 kW);
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	3,660 nmi (6,780 km; 4,210 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	192 (10 officers/182 enlisted)
Armament	5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts; 4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts; 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts; 2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges;

USS Roe (DD-418) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Rear Admiral Francis Asbury Roe.

Roe was laid down on 23 April 1938 by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 21 June 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor Roe Hilton; and commissioned on 5 January 1940, Lieutenant Commander R. M. Scruggs in command.