USS Roper
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Jesse M. Roper |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 462 |
| Laid down | 19 March 1918 |
| Launched | 17 August 1918 |
| Commissioned | 15 February 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 18 March 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 15 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 11 October 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 31 March 1946 Scrapped December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm), 2 × 3 in (76 mm), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Roper (DD-147) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later converted to a high-speed transport and redesignated APD-20.
She was named for Lieutenant Commander Jesse M. Roper, commanding officer of Petrel, who died in 1901 while attempting to rescue a member of his crew. As of 2016, no other ships in the United States Navy have borne this name.