_underway_in_Charleston_harbour,_17_December_1942.jpg) USS Tarbell underway in Charleston harbor on 17 December 1942
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Tarbell |
| Namesake | Joseph Tarbell |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 457 |
| Laid down | 31 December 1917 |
| Launched | 28 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 27 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 8 June 1922 |
| Identification | DD-142 |
| Recommissioned | 29 May 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 1936 |
| Recommissioned | 4 October 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 20 July 1945 |
| Stricken | 13 August 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄4 in (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10+1⁄4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Tarbell (DD–142) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Captain Joseph Tarbell.
Tarbell was laid down on 31 December 1917 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company. The ship was launched on 28 May 1918, sponsored by Miss Virgie Tarbell, and commissioned on 27 November 1918, Commander Halsey Powell in command.