Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

APD-5 USS McKean (ex DD-90)

• High-Speed Transport (ex Wickes Class Destroyer):
• Displacement: 1,090 tons
• Length: 314'4"
• Beam: 30'6"
• Draft: 8'8"
• Speed: 35 knots
• Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes; or 6 3"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 149
• Geared turbinesengines, twin screws, 26,000 h.p.
• Built at Bethlehem (Union Iron Works) San Francisco and commissioned (DD-90) 25 February 1919
  Reclassified High-Speed Transport (APD-5) and recommissioned 11 December 1940

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS McKean

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(As DD-90)

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