The USS Maury (DD-100) was a Wickes-class destroyer constructed for the United States Navy, representing a significant class of early 20th-century warships. Laid down on May 4, 1918, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, she was launched on July 4, 1918, with Miss Anna Hamlin serving as her sponsor. The vessel was commissioned on September 23, 1918, under the command of Lieutenant Commander John H. Newton. Designed as a Wickes-class destroyer, Maury was built to enhance naval capabilities during World War I, though her active service coincided with the closing months of the war and the postwar period. After completing her shakedown along the U.S. East Coast, she departed New York City on November 12, 1918, to escort a convoy bound for France, arriving near Gibraltar on November 26. She then cruised the western Mediterranean, eventually reporting for duty with the Adriatic Detachment at Venice on February 18, 1919. During her five months in the Adriatic, Maury participated in "umpiring" duties amid the political and military tensions between Italy and Yugoslavia over strategic harbors like Trieste, contributing to postwar stabilization efforts. Her duties included mine clearance, humanitarian aid such as food distribution to Balkan refugees, and supporting the political influence of U.S. naval forces in the region. Returning to New York on July 25, 1919, Maury underwent overhaul in Philadelphia until April 1920. She was redesignated as DM-5 on July 17, 1920, reflecting her conversion to a light minelayer. Subsequently, she joined Mine Squadron I at Gloucester, Massachusetts, and for the next seven years, operated primarily along the U.S. East Coast, participating in fleet problems, including one in the Pacific in 1925, which involved exercises such as seizing and occupying strategic locations. Her service included winter deployments in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Maury was decommissioned on March 19, 1930, at Philadelphia, struck from the Naval Register later that year, and eventually sold for scrap in 1931. Her service highlights her role in postwar naval operations, mine-laying duties, and maritime security during the interwar period.

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