USS Stewart (DD-224)

USS Stewart underway before WWII
History
United States
NameUSS Stewart
NamesakeCharles Stewart
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number490
Laid down9 September 1919
Launched4 March 1920
Sponsored byMrs. Margaretta Stewart Stevens
Commissioned15 September 1920
Stricken25 March 1942
IdentificationDD-224
Honors &
awards
2 battle stars
FateScuttled at Surabaya, Java, 2 March 1942; later raised and commissioned into Imperial Japanese Navy
ReacquiredAugust 1945
RenamedDD-224
Recommissioned29 October 1945
Decommissioned23 May 1946
Stricken17 April 1946
FateSunk as a target, 24 May 1946
Japan
NamePatrol boat No.102 (Dai-102-Gō shōkaitei)
Builder102nd Naval Construction Department at Surabaya
AcquiredFebruary 1943 (raised)
Commissioned20 September 1943
FateSurrendered, August 1945
General characteristics (as Clemson-class destroyer)
Class & typeClemson-class destroyer
Displacement1,215 long tons (1,234 t)
Length314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Propulsiongeared turbines
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement101 officers and enlisted
Armament
General characteristics (as Patrol Boat No. 102)
Class & typenone
Displacement1,680 long tons (1,707 t) standard
Length98.70 m (323 ft 10 in) overall
Draft3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Parsons all geared steam turbines
  • 4 × White-Foster water tube boilers
  • 2 shafts, 14,000 shp (10,000 kW)
Speed26.0 knots (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h)
Endurance2,400 nautical miles @ 12 knots (4,400 km @ 22 km/h)
Complement110 (September 1943)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 1 × Type 93 active sonar (replaced 1 × Type 3 active sonar in March 1945),
  • 1 × Type 93 hydrophone
  • (added in September 1944)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 × 22- surface search radar
  • (added in March 1945)
  • 1 × 13- early warning radar
  • (added in May 1945)
Armament

USS Stewart (DD-224) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart. Scuttled in port at Surabaya, Java, she was later raised by the Japanese and commissioned as Patrol Boat No. 102. She came back under American control in 1945 after the occupation of Japan.