View source for USS Crane

{{Short description|Wickes-class destroyer}}
{{about||the crane ship|USS Crane Ship No. 1|the fishery patrol vessel|USFS Crane}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox ship
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
 |image= USSCraneDD109.jpg
 |image_caption= USS ''Crane'' underway
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 |hide_header=
 |country=United States
 |flag={{USN flag|1945}}
 |name=''Crane''
 |namesake=[[William M. Crane]]
 |ordered=
 |builder=[[Union Iron Works]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
 |laid_down=7 January 1918
 |launched=4 July 1918
 |acquired=
 |commissioned=18 April 1919
 |decommissioned=7 June 1922
 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career
 |hide_header=yes
 |recommissioned=18 December 1939
 |decommissioned=14 November 1945
 |in_service=
 |out_of_service=
 |struck=19 December 1945
 |reinstated=
 |honours=
 |fate=Sold 1 November 1946
 |notes=
 }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics
 |hide_header=
 |header_caption=
 |class= {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}}
 |displacement=1,060&nbsp;tons
 |length= {{convert|314|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
 |beam= {{convert|31|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
 |draft= {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
 |propulsion=
 |speed= {{convert|35|kn|kph|lk=in|0}}
 |range=
 |complement=100 officers and enlisted
 |sensors=
 |EW=
 |armament= * 4 × [[4-inch/50-caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/50]] guns
            * 12 × [[American 21-inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
 |armor=
 |aircraft=
 |aircraft_facilities=
 |notes=
 }}
}}

'''USS ''Crane'' (DD-109)''' was a {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer}} in the [[United States Navy]]. She is named for naval officer [[William M. Crane]].

''Crane'' was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 4 July 1918 by [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Union Iron Works]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]]; sponsored by Mrs. M. McGuire; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 18 April 1919.

==Service history==
Clearing San Francisco 21 April 1919, ''Crane'' arrived at [[Newport, Rhode Island]], 13 May. She sailed for duty in European waters on 5 June, visiting ports in [[England]] and [[France]] and joining the escort for {{USS|George Washington|1908|2}} carrying President [[Woodrow Wilson]] to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|peace conference]]. Returning to [[New York City|New York]] on 27 July, ''Crane'' was assigned to the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]], and arrived at San Francisco on 1 September. Here she participated in the [[naval review]], during which she was visited by [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[Josephus Daniels]] on 4 September. After operations off the coast of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], ''Crane'' was placed in reserve at [[San Diego]] 26 January 1920, participating in occasional maneuvers until [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 7 June 1922, at [[San Diego]].

Recommissioned on 18 December 1939, ''Crane'' joined the [[Neutrality Patrol]] in the Pacific Ocean. She continued patrols and provided training for [[United States Naval Reserve|naval reservists]] and armed guard crews until the outbreak of [[World War II]].

===World War II===
''Crane'' remained on the west coast on anti-submarine patrol, local escort duty, training exercises, and screening duty for amphibious exercises until 22 April 1944, when she was assigned to the [[West Coast Sound Training School]]. After the war she departed San Diego on 2 October 1945, arrived at [[Philadelphia]] on 19 October; was decommissioned on 14 November 1945; and sold on 1 November 1946.

==References==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/crane.html}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040408040027/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/dd109.htm NHC – Photos]
* {{navsource|05/109}}
 
{{Wickes-class destroyer}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crane (Dd-109)}}
[[Category:Wickes-class destroyers]]
[[Category:World War II destroyers of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in San Francisco]]
[[Category:1918 ships]]