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{{Short description|Wickes-class destroyer}}
{{other ships|USS Murray}}
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1922}}
|Ship name=USS ''Murray''
|Ship namesake=[[Alexander Murray (1816–1884)|Alexander Murray]]
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|Ship builder=[[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
|Ship laid down=22 December 1917
|Ship launched=8 June 1918
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|Ship commissioned=21 August 1918
|Ship reclassified=17 July 1920
|Ship decommissioned=1 July 1922
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|Ship struck=7 January 1936
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|Ship fate=Sold for scrap, 29 September 1936
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|Ship class={{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*{{Convert|1202|-|1208|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (standard)
*{{Convert|1295|-|1322|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|314|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|9|ft|10|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 [[steam turbines]]
|Ship speed= {{Convert|35|kn|lk=in}} (design)
|Ship range={{convert|2500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}} (design)
|Ship power=*{{Convert|27000|shp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}}
*4 [[water-tube boiler]]s
|Ship complement=6 officers, 108 enlisted men
|Ship armament=*4 × single [[4"/50 caliber gun|4-inch (102&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*2 × single [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|1-pounder]] [[AA gun]]s
*4 × triple [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 × [[depth charge]] rails
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'''USS ''Murray'' (DD-97)''' was a {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during World War I.

==Description==
The ''Wickes'' class was an improved and faster version of the preceding {{sclass|Caldwell|destroyer|0}}. Two different designs were prepared to the same specification that mainly differed in the turbines and boilers used. The ships built to the [[Bethlehem Steel]] design, built in the Fore River and Union Iron Works [[shipyard]]s, mostly used [[Yarrow boiler]]s that deteriorated badly during service and were mostly scrapped during the 1930s.<ref name=gg3>Gardiner & Gray, p. 124</ref> The ships displaced {{convert|1202|-|1208|LT|t|0}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|1295|-|1322|LT|t|0}} at [[deep load]]. They had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|314|ft|4|in|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|30|ft|11|in|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|9|ft|10|in|1}}. They had a crew of 6 officers and 108 enlisted men.<ref>Friedman, pp. 401–03</ref>

Performance differed radically between the ships of the class, often due to poor workmanship. The ''Wickes'' class was powered by two [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four [[water-tube boiler]]s. The turbines were designed to produce a total of {{convert|27000|shp|lk=in}} intended to reach a speed of {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried {{convert|225|LT|t|0}} of [[fuel oil]] which was intended gave them a range of {{convert|2500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}}.<ref>Friedman, pp. 39–42, 401–03</ref>

The ships were armed with four [[4"/50 caliber gun|4-inch (102&nbsp;mm) guns]] in single mounts and were fitted with two  [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|1-pounder]] guns for anti-aircraft defense. Their primary weapon, though, was their torpedo [[Artillery battery#Naval usage|battery]] of a dozen [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s in four triple mounts. In many ships a shortage of 1-pounders caused them to be replaced by 3-inch (76&nbsp;mm) [[anti-aircraft gun|anti-aircraft (AA) guns]].<ref name=gg3/> They also carried a pair of [[depth charge]] rails. A "Y-gun" depth charge thrower was added to many ships.<ref>Friedman, p. 45</ref>

==Construction and career==
''Murray'', named for Commodore [[Alexander Murray (1755-1821)|Alexander Murray]] and Commodore Murray's grandson, [[Alexander Murray (1816–1884)|Alexander Murray]],{{Which|date=April 2013}}{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}, was laid down 22 December 1917 by [[Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]; launched 8 June 1918; sponsored by Miss Alice S. Guthrie; and commissioned at [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] 21 August 1918.

During her four years of operations along the East Coast and in the [[Caribbean]] with the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]], ''Murray'' aided in postwar development of antisubmarine and mine warfare techniques. She was reclassified to a light [[minelayer]] (DM-2) 17 July 1920, and received alterations necessary to her new role. She decommissioned at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] 1 July 1922, and lay there in reserve until stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy list]] on 7 January 1936. She was sold for scrapping 29 September 1936 to Schiavone-Bonomo Corporation, [[New York, New York|New York City]].

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/murray-ii.html}}

==External links==
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/097.htm NavSource DD-97]

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