USS Thompson (DD-305)
USS Thompson, during the middle or later 1920s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Thompson |
| Namesake | Richard W. Thompson |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco |
| Laid down | 25 September 1918 |
| Launched | 15 January 1919 |
| Commissioned | 16 August 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 4 April 1930 |
| Stricken | 22 June 1930 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,308 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Thompson (DD-305), a Clemson-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy named in honor of Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson (1809–1900), never saw action against an enemy. She was the first Navy ship of that name; the second, Thompson (DD-627), named for Robert M. Thompson, served during World War II and the Korean War.