Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
AG-82 USS Schenck (ex DD-159)
- Miscellaneous Auxiliary (ex Wickes Class Destroyer):
- Displacement: 1,211 tons
- Length: 314'4"
- Beam: 30'6"
- Draft: 8'8"
- Speed: 35 knots
- Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes; or 6 3"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes
- Complement: 149
- Geared turbines with twin screws, 26,000 h.p.
- Built at New York Ships Building Corp. and commissioned (DD-159) 30 October 1919
- Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary (torpedo target ship), 25 September 1944
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January 11, 2001