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USS Whitney (AD-4)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Romeo - Lima NIRL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Sea clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Dobbin Class Destroyer Tender:

Laid down, 23 April 1921, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Launched, 12 October 1923

Commissioned USS Whitney (AD-4), 2 September 1924

USS Whitney was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

Decommissioned, 22 October 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 21 November 1946

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 22 January 1947

Final Disposition, sold for scraping, 18 March 1948, to Dulien Ship Products Co.

USS Whitney received one battle star for her World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 8,325 t., 16,900 t.(lim)
Length 483' 10"
Beam 61'
Draft 25' 2" (lim)
Speed 16 kts (trial).
Complement

officer 35

enlisted 674
Largest boom capacity 17 t.
Armament

four single 5"/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
Ship's Service Generators three 250Kw 120V D.C.
Fuel Capacity NFSO 6,845 Bbls.
Propulsion

one Navy Yard Boston, Parsons-design geared turbine

four Thorny boilers 215psi Sat.

single Navy Yard Philadelphia Main Reduction Gear

single propeller, 7,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
22k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** moored to a buoy at San Diego, 7 October 1932. Her boats are alongside, and the masts of four "flushdeck" destroyers can be seen beyond her. US Navy photo # NH 65007.	US Naval Historical Center
242k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
109k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** passing through the Panama Canal in 1936.	Cliff Coffey
75k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** moored, date and location unknown	Jerry C. Lester for his father James C. Lester BT2/c USS Whitney 1932-38
36k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** moored to a buoy at Pearl Harbor, T.H., 17 April 1942. US Navy photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
22k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** tending destroyers at San Diego, CA., date unknown. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
91k	*USS Whitney* (AD-4)** underway, date and location unknown	Jon Burdett
42k	Overhead view of *USS Whitney* (AD-4)** underway with tugs alongside, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst

USS Whitney (AD-4)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
CAPT. White, Richard Drace	2 September 1924 - ?
CAPT. Ancrum, William	? - 1929
CAPT. Godwin, Donald Clark,	? - 1939
CDR. Corn, William Anderson,	? - 1940
CDR. Pigman, N. M.	? - 1941
CDR. Wood, Robert Winthrop	October 1945 - 22 October 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Pearl Harbor Action Report

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Last Updated 21 January 2011