USS Roper
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USS Roper (DD-147) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later converted to a high-speed transport and redesignated APD-20.
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Jesse M. Roper |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 462 |
Laid down | 19 March 1918 |
Launched | 17 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 15 February 1919 |
Decommissioned | 14 December 1922 |
Recommissioned | 18 March 1930 |
Decommissioned | 15 September 1945 |
Stricken | 11 October 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 31 March 1946 Scrapped December 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 tons |
Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 4 in (100 mm), 2 × 3 in (76 mm), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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She was named for Lieutenant Commander Jesse M. Roper, commanding officer of Petrel, who died in 1901 while attempting to rescue a member of his crew. As of 2016, no other ships in the United States Navy have borne this name.