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USS O`BANNON DD-177

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Hull Number: DD-177

Launch Date: 02/28/1919

Commissioned Date: 08/27/1919

Decommissioned Date: 05/27/1922

Call Sign: NEXS


Class: LITTLE

LITTLE Class

Data for USS Little (DD-79) as of 1921

Length Overall: 314’ 4 1/2"

Beam: 31' 8"

Draft: 9’ 2"

Standard Displacement: 1,191 tons

Full Load Displacement: 1,284 tons

Armament:

Four 4″/50 caliber guns
One 3″/23 caliber anti-aircraft gun
Four 21″ triple torpedo tubes

Complement:

8 Officers
8 Chief Petty Officers
106 Enlisted

Propulsion:

4 Boilers
2 Curtis Geared Turbines: 27,180 horsepower

Highest speed on trials: 34.7 knots

Namesake: PRESLEY NEVILLE O`BANNON

PRESLEY NEVILLE O`BANNON

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2016

Presley Neville O’Bannon, born in 1784 in Fauquier County, Va., entered the Marine Corps 18 January 1801. As a first lieutenant he commanded a detachment of marines in General Eaton’s little force in the War with Tripoli. During the combined operations with the U.S. Navy, he led the successful attack on Derne 27 April 1805, giving the Marine Corps its immortal “to the shores of Tripoli.” After resigning from the Marine Corps 6 March 1807, O’Bannon lived in Franklin County, Kentucky, where he died 12 September 1850.


Disposition:

Stricken 5/19/1936. Sold 9/29/1936


Ship History

USS O`BANNON DD-177 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2016

The first O’Bannon (Destroyer No. 177) was laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., 11 November 1918; launched 28 February 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Henry O’Bannon Cooper, descendent by marriage of Lt. O’Bannon; and commissioned at San Francisco 27 August 1919, Lt. Robert F. Gross in command.

O’Bannon sailed out of San Diego for exercises and training maneuvers along the coast of California and in Hawaiian waters throughout her career. In the spring of 1920 she conducted experiments with torpedoes, then was in reserve commission from June to November, when she resumed her training schedule. She decommissioned at San Diego 27 May 1922, was struck from the Navy List 19 May 1936, and was sold 29 September 1936.