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USS McCalla (DD-253)


Destroyer Warship [ 1919 ]



Part of the Clemson-class destroyer group, USS McCalla DD-253 began service with the USN and ended her days with the Royal Navy as HMS Stanley I73.



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Specifications



United Kingdom (as HMS Stanley (I73)); United States
Operators National flag of the United Kingdom National flag of the United States
1919
Commissioned
United States
National Origin
122
Complement
Clemson-class
Hull Class
156
Number-in-Class
USS Clemson (); USS Dahlgren (); USS Goldsborough (); USS Semmes (); USS Satterlee (); USS Mason (); USS Graham (); USS Abel P. Upshur (); USS Hunt (); USS Welborn C. Wood (); USS George E. Badger (); USS Branch (); USS Herndon (); USS Dallas / Alexander Dallas (); USS Chandler (); USS Southard (); USS Hovey (); USS Long (); USS Broome (); USS Alden (); USS Smith Thompson (); USS Barker (); USS Tracy (); USS Borie (); USS Stweart / John D. Edwards (); USS Whipple (); USS Parrott (); USS Edsall (); USS MacLeish (); USS Simpson (); USS Bulmer (); USS McCormick (); USS Stewart / DD-224 (unnamed); USS Pope (); USS Peary (); USS Pillsbury (); USS Ford / John D. Ford (); USS Truxton (); USS Paul Jones (); USS Hatfield (); USS Brooks (); USS Gilmer (); USS Fox (); USS Kane (); USS Humphreys (); USS McFarland (); USS James K. Paulding (); USS Overton (); USS Sturtevant (); USS Childs (); USS Williamson (); USS Reuben James (); USS Bainbridge (); USS Goff (); USS Barry (); USS Hopkins (); USS Lawrence (); USS Belknap (); USS McCook (); USS McCalla (DD-253); USS Kalk / Rodgers (); USS Ingram / Osmond Ingram (); USS Bancroft (); USS Welles (); USS Aulick (); USS USS Turner / YW-56 (unnamed) / Moosehead (); USS Gillis (); USS Delphy (); USS McDermut (); USS Laub (); USS McLanahan (); USS Edwards; USS Anthony / Greene (); USS Ballard (); USS Shubrick (); USS Bailey (); USS Thornton (); USS Morris (); USS Tingey (); USS Swasey (); USS Meade (); USS Sinclair / IX-37 (unnamed); UCC McCawley (); USS Moody (); USS Henshaw (); USS Meyer (); USS Doyen (); USS USS Sharkey (); USS USS Toucey (); USS Breck (); USS Isherwood (); USS Case (); USS USS Lardner (); USS Putnam (); USS Worden (); USS Flusser (); USS Dale (); USS Stewart / Converse (); USS Stewart / Reid (); USS Billingsley (); USS Ausburn / Charles Ausburn (); USS Osborne (); USS Channcey (); USS Fuller (); USS Percival (); USS Swasey / John Francis Burnes (); USS Farragut (); USS Somers (); USS Stoddert (); USS Reno (); USS Farquhar (); USS Thompson (); USS Kennedy (); USS Paul Hamilton (); USS William Jones (); USS Woodbury (); USS Branch / S.P. Lee (); USS Nicholas (); USS Young (); USS Zeilin (); USS Yarborough (); USS La Vallette (); USS Sloat (); USS Wood (); USS Shirk (); USS Kidder (); USS Selfridge (); USS Marcus (); USS Mervine (); USS Chase (); USS Robert Smith (); USS Mullany (); USS Coghlan (); USS Preston (); USS Lamson (); USS Bruce (); USS Hull (); USS Macdonough (); USS Farenholt (); USS Sumner (); USS Corry (); USS Melvin (); USS Litchfield (); USS Zane; USS Wasmuth (); USS Trever (); USS Perry (); Decatur (); USS Hulbert (); USS Noa; USS William B. Preston (); USS Preble (); USS Sicard (); Pruitt ()
Ships-in-Class


Offshore Bombardment
Offshore bombardment / attack of surface targets / areas primarily through onboard ballistic weaponry.
Land-Attack
Offshore strike of surface targets primarily through onboard missile / rocket weaponry.
Maritime Patrol
Active patroling of vital waterways and maritime areas; can also serve as local deterrence against airborne and seaborne threats.
Airspace Denial / Deterrence
Neutralization or deterrence of airborne elements through onboard ballistic of missile weaponry.
Fleet Support
Serving in support (either firepower or material) of the main surface fleet in Blue Water environments.


314.4 feet
(95.83 meters)
Length
30.1 feet
(9.18 meters)
Beam
9.3 feet
(2.83 meters)
Draught
1,275
tons
Displacement


4 x Boilers feeding 2 x Geared steam turbines developing 27,600 horsepower to 2 x Shafts.
Propulsion
35.5 knots
(40.9 mph)
Surface Speed
4,901 nm
(5,640 miles | 9,077 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km


4 x 4" (102mm) /50 caliber main guns
1 x 3" (76mm) / 23 caliber secondary gun
12 x 21" (533mm) torpedo tubes in 4x3 arrangement.


None.


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