_underway_at_sea_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_on_2_August_1945_(80-G-277132).jpg) USS Chew (DD-106) in August 1945
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Chew |
| Namesake | Samuel Chew |
| Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 2 January 1918 |
| Launched | 26 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 12 December 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 14 October 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sold 4 October 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 tonnes (1,040 long tons; 1,170 short 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 | 113 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
USS Chew (DD-106) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II.
From 1918 to 1922, Chew operated along the East Coast of the United States on patrol and training duties, including escorting a transatlantic voyage of Curtiss NC seaplanes. In 1940, she was recommissioned and operated out of Pearl Harbor. During the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, she brought her guns to bear against aircraft of the Empire of Japan, and two of her men were killed helping to man the battleship Pennsylvania. For the remainder of the war, Chew operated out of the port on escort and patrol duties, until she was decommissioned in 1945.