USS Whipple (DD-217)

USS Whipple circa 1921
History
United States
Name	Whipple
Namesake	Abraham Whipple
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	483
Laid down	12 June 1919
Launched	6 November 1919
Commissioned	23 April 1920
Decommissioned	9 November 1945
Stricken	5 December 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 September 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,308 tons
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.81 m)
Beam	30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.436 m)
Draft	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (19,800 kW) geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	101 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm) guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Whipple (DD- 217/AG-117), a Clemson-class destroyer was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Captain Abraham Whipple (1733–1819), who served in the Continental Navy.