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USS MONTGOMERY (DD-121)
A Wickes-class destroyer during WW I and later reclassified as DM-17 (Destroyer Minelayer) when it participated in WW II. She was the fifth ship to bear the name Montgomery in the U.S. Navy and was named after Admiral John B. Montgomery, a Navy officer in the Mexican War and the Civil War.
It was built at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Virginia and was launched 23 March 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Andrew Jones, a descendant of Admiral Montgomery. The destroyer was commissioned on 26 July 1918.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Length: 314 feet 5 inches
Beam: 31.8 feet
Complement: 113 enlisted and officers
Speed: 35 knots
Armament:
Four 4-inch guns
Two 3-inch guns
Twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes
One depth charge protector
Two depth charge tracks
--Old B-Runner
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