USS Crane underway
History
United States
Name	Crane
Namesake	William M. Crane
Builder	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Laid down	7 January 1918
Launched	4 July 1918
Commissioned	18 April 1919
Decommissioned	7 June 1922
Recommissioned	18 December 1939
Decommissioned	14 November 1945
Stricken	19 December 1945
Fate	Sold 1 November 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,060 tons
Length	314 ft 5 in (95.8 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	100 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Crane (DD-109) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for naval officer William M. Crane.

Crane was launched on 4 July 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. M. McGuire; and commissioned on 18 April 1919.

Clearing San Francisco 21 April 1919, Crane arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, 13 May. She sailed for duty in European waters on 5 June, visiting ports in England and France and joining the escort for George Washington carrying President Woodrow Wilson to the peace conference. Returning to New York on 27 July, Crane was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, and arrived at San Francisco on 1 September. Here she participated in the naval review, during which she was visited by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 4 September. After operations off the coast of Washington, Crane was placed in reserve at San Diego 26 January 1920, participating in occasional maneuvers until decommissioned on 7 June 1922, at San Diego.

Recommissioned on 18 December 1939, Crane joined the Neutrality Patrol in the Pacific Ocean. She continued patrols and provided training for naval reservists and armed guard crews until the outbreak of World War II.

Crane remained on the west coast on anti-submarine patrol, local escort duty, training exercises, and screening duty for amphibious exercises until 22 April 1944, when she was assigned to the West Coast Sound Training School. After the war she departed San Diego on 2 October 1945, arrived at Philadelphia on 19 October; was decommissioned on 14 November 1945; and sold on 1 November 1946.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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