The USS Murray (DD-97) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I, representing an improved and faster subclass of destroyers. Constructed by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts, she was laid down on December 22, 1917, launched on June 8, 1918, and commissioned in Boston on August 21, 1918. The Wickes class typically displaced around 1,202 to 1,208 long tons at standard load and measured approximately 314 feet 4 inches (95.8 meters) in length, with a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 meters) and a draught of 9 feet 10 inches (3.0 meters). Her crew comprised 6 officers and 108 enlisted men. Powered by two steam turbines driving two propellers, and fueled by four water-tube boilers, the USS Murray was designed to produce 27,000 shaft horsepower, enabling a top speed of 35 knots (65 km/h). She carried about 225 long tons (229 tonnes) of fuel oil, which provided an operational range of roughly 2,500 nautical miles at 20 knots. Her armament included four 4-inch (102 mm) guns, two 1-pounder anti-aircraft guns, and a formidable torpedo battery of twelve 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes arranged in four triple mounts. Many ships of her class were later equipped with 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns due to shortages of 1-pounders, and she also carried depth charge rails and a Y-gun depth charge thrower for anti-submarine warfare. During her service along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean with the Atlantic Fleet, USS Murray contributed to the postwar development of anti-submarine and mine warfare techniques. She was reclassified as a light minelayer (DM-2) on July 17, 1920, and received modifications for this new role. She was decommissioned at Philadelphia on July 1, 1922, and remained in reserve until she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on January 7, 1936. The vessel was sold for scrapping to Schiavone-Bonomo Corporation in New York City on September 29, 1936.

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