James K. Paulding was laid down 31 July 1918 and launched 20 April 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Miss Mary Hubbard Paulding, great granddaughter of James K. Paulding; and commissioned 29 November 1920.
After shakedown James K. Paulding was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, and commenced tactical exercises with destroyer squadrons along the coast. She arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, 31 May 1921 for summer maneuvers and reserve training. Later that year she cruised to Charleston, South Carolina, for squadron exercises, and continued operations there until late winter 1922.
James K. Paulding joined the Scouting Fleet January 1923 and throughout the year engaged in tactical war problems designed to maintain the fleet in the best possible fighting condition. She continued these operations in addition to reserve training until she sailed in February 1925 to San Diego, California for war problems in the Pacific. Upon her return to Newport 31 August, she resumed her duties with the Scouting Fleet. While engaging in gunnery exercises in Caribbean waters November 1926, James K. Paulding sailed to Nicaragua to protect American interests in the wake of political turmoil in that country. During March and April 1927 she remained off Nicaragua to prevent any smuggling of arms.
For the remainder of her career James K. Paulding continued reserve training and tactical exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean. During her service with the Navy she conducted peacekeeping operations, reserve training, and fleet problems all to maintain the United States' seapower, and provided a base upon which more powerful naval forces were built.
james, paulding, clemson, class, destroyer, united, states, navy, during, period, between, world, world, named, former, secretary, navy, james, kirke, paulding, historyunited, statesnamesakejames, kirke, pauldingbuildernew, york, shipbuildinglaid, down31, july. USS James K Paulding DD 238 was a Clemson class destroyer in the United States Navy during the period between World War I and World War II She was named for former Secretary of the Navy James Kirke Paulding HistoryUnited StatesNamesakeJames Kirke PauldingBuilderNew York ShipbuildingLaid down31 July 1918Launched20 April 1920Commissioned29 November 1920Decommissioned10 February 1931Stricken25 January 1937FateSold for scrap 16 March 1939General characteristicsClass and typeClemson class destroyerDisplacement1 190 tonsLength314 feet 5 inches 95 830 mm Beam31 feet 8 inches 9 650 mm Draft9 feet 3 inches 2 820 mm Propulsion26 500 shp 20 MW geared turbines 2 screwsSpeed35 knots 65 km h Range4 900 nautical miles 9 100 kilometres 15 ktComplement101 officers and enlistedArmament4 x 4 in 100 mm guns 1 x 3 in 76 mm gun 2 x 30 cal 7 62 mm 12 x 21 inch 533 mm tt Contents 1 History 2 Fate 3 References 4 External linksHistory editJames K Paulding was laid down 31 July 1918 and launched 20 April 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation sponsored by Miss Mary Hubbard Paulding great granddaughter of James K Paulding and commissioned 29 November 1920 After shakedown James K Paulding was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and commenced tactical exercises with destroyer squadrons along the coast She arrived at Newport Rhode Island 31 May 1921 for summer maneuvers and reserve training Later that year she cruised to Charleston South Carolina for squadron exercises and continued operations there until late winter 1922 James K Paulding joined the Scouting Fleet January 1923 and throughout the year engaged in tactical war problems designed to maintain the fleet in the best possible fighting condition She continued these operations in addition to reserve training until she sailed in February 1925 to San Diego California for war problems in the Pacific Upon her return to Newport 31 August she resumed her duties with the Scouting Fleet While engaging in gunnery exercises in Caribbean waters November 1926 James K Paulding sailed to Nicaragua to protect American interests in the wake of political turmoil in that country During March and April 1927 she remained off Nicaragua to prevent any smuggling of arms For the remainder of her career James K Paulding continued reserve training and tactical exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean During her service with the Navy she conducted peacekeeping operations reserve training and fleet problems all to maintain the United States seapower and provided a base upon which more powerful naval forces were built Fate editThe destroyer arrived at The Philadelphia Navy Yard 31 October 1930 and decommissioned there 10 February 1931 She was reduced to a hulk 28 December 1936 in accordance with the provisions of the London treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament scrapped and struck from the Navy List 25 January 1937 As of 2005 no other ship of the US Navy has been named James K Paulding USS Paulding DD 22 was named for Hiram Paulding References editThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here External links edithttp www navsource org archives 05 238 htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS James K Paulding amp oldid 1151549537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
