USS Taylor (DD-94)

USS Taylor in New York Harbor
History
United States
Name	USS Taylor
Namesake	Henry Taylor
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard, California
Laid down	15 October 1917
Launched	14 February 1918
Commissioned	1 June 1918
Decommissioned	21 June 1922
Identification	DD-94
Recommissioned	1 May 1930
Decommissioned	23 September 1938
Stricken	6 December 1938
Fate	Sold for scrap, August 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,090 tonnes (1,073 long tons; 1,202 short tons)
Length	314 ft 1⁄2 in (95.7 m)
Beam	30 ft 11+3⁄4 in (9.4 m)
Draft	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × Curtis steam turbines 4 × Yarrow boilers 24,200 shp (18,046 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,260 km; 2,647 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4"/50 caliber guns 1 × 3"/23 caliber gun 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Taylor (DD-94) was a Wickes-class destroyer built in 1918 for the United States Navy, which saw service in World War I and the years following. She was named for Rear Admiral Henry Taylor.

One of 111 ships of her class, Taylor was commissioned near the end of World War I and patrolled in the Atlantic Ocean during and immediately following the war, though she saw no service supporting the war. After eight years out of commission, she returned to service in 1930 patrolling along the East Coast of the United States and in Latin America. Decommissioned in 1938, she then became a training hulk. During World War II her forward section was removed and grafted onto USS Blakeley after the latter ship was damaged in a submarine attack. Taylor continued to serve as a training hulk until she was sold for scrap in 1945.