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 USS Maury (DD-100) (right) under construction next to USS Israel (DD-98) (left) in 1918. |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Matthew Fontaine Maury |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 4 May 1918 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 March 1930 |
| Reclassified: | 17 July 1920, DM-5 |
| Struck: | 22 October 1930 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1 May 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,199 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 133 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm), 1 × 3" (76 mm), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first USS Maury (DD-100) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. She was named in honor of Matthew Fontaine Maury.
History
Maury was laid down 4 May 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 4 July 1918; sponsored by Miss Anna Hamlin; and commissioned 23 September 1918, Lieutenant Commander John H. Newton in command.
Maury, having completed an east coast shakedown, departed New York City 12 November 1918 to escort a convoy bound for France. Detached off the Azores, she proceeded to Gibraltar, arriving on the 26th. She cruised in the western Mediterranean until reporting for duty with the Adriatic Detachment at Venice 18 February 1919. With that squadron for the next 5 months, she participated in their “umpiring” duties as first Rear Admiral Albert Niblack and then Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews sought to employ their good offices in the political rivalry for the natural harbors of the Adriatic. Primary contenders for this area, particularly Trieste, were Italy and the newly created state of Yugoslavia, itself fraught with internal nationalistic dissension. Secondary postwar problems connected with this duty involved clearing the Adriatic of the multitude of mines which broke away with winds and presented a menace to shipping; distribution of food to the hunger-stricken Balkans; and providing for the ever-growing numbers of refugees.
Maury returned to New York 25 July and 3 months later steamed to Philadelphia where she remained, undergoing overhaul, until 24 April 1920. On 17 July she was redesignated DM-5, light minelayer, and after another lengthy stay at Philadelphia reported to Mine Squadron I at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 23 July 1921. For the next 7 years she cruised the waters off the east coast, deploying each winter to join in fleet problems which, with one exception, 1925, took her to the Caribbean. In 1925 she sailed to the Pacific for a problem involving protective screening, seizing, and occupying of an unfortified anchorage in the vicinity of enemy territory and fueling at sea.
After a winter deployment in waters off Cuba in 1929, Maury spent the summer in the Gulf of Mexico and in September returned to the east coast. On 30 September she moored at Philadelphia where she decommissioned 19 March 1930. Struck from the Naval Register 22 October, she was sold 17 January 1931 to Boston Iron & Metal Company, Baltimore, Maryland, and scrapped 1 May 1934.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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