USS Williams (DD-108)

USS Williams (DD-108)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Williams.
Career (United States)
Name: USS Williams (DD-108)
Namesake: John Foster Williams
Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Laid down: 25 March 1918
Launched: 4 July 1918
Commissioned: 1 March 1919 to 7 June 1922
6 November 1939 to 24 September 1940
Struck: 8 January 1941
Fate: Transferred to Canada, 24 September 1940
Career (Canada)
Name: HMCS St. Clair (I-65)
Namesake: St. Clair River
Commissioned: 24 September 1940
Honours and
awards:
Atlantic 1943-44
Fate: Scrapped, 1946
General characteristics
Class & type: Wickes class destroyer
Displacement: 1,191 tons
Length: 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam: 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft: 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 122 officers and enlisted
Armament: 4 × 4" (102 mm); 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Williams (DD-108) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Clair (I-65).

Read more about USS Williams (DD-108):  As USS Williams, As HMCS St. Clair