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USS Wickes (DD-75)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Wickes |
| Namesake | Lambert Wickes |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 26 June 1917 |
| Launched | 25 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 15 May 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 26 April 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 6 April 1937 |
| Recommissioned | 30 September 1939 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy 23 October 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Montgomery |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1940 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,247 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.822 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.430 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The first USS Wickes (DD-75) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Montgomery. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Montgomery.
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