USS Whitney (AD-4)

USS Whitney (AD-4) at San Diego in 1932
History
United States
Name	USS Whitney
Namesake	William Collins Whitney
Laid down	23 April 1921
Launched	12 October 1923
Commissioned	2 September 1924
Decommissioned	22 October 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap, 18 March 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Dobbin-class destroyer tender
Displacement	8,325 long tons (8,459 t)
Length	483 ft 9 in (147.45 m)
Beam	61 ft (19 m)
Draft	17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Speed	16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement	416 officers and enlisted
Armament	8 × 5 in (130 mm) guns 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Whitney (AD-4) was a Dobbin-class destroyer tender named for United States Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. She was launched on 12 October 1923, and was commissioned on 2 September 1924. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1946, later being sold for scrap to the firm on 18 March 1948. She was on station in Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack, amid a flotilla of destroyers; Tucker, Conyngham, Reid, Case, and Selfridge. Whitney was undamaged during the attack.

Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle, who became renowned for escorting Lee Harvey Oswald when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby, served aboard the Whitney and was on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor.^[1]

Machinist Mate 1st Class Ernest L. Quetschke served on Whitney from the onset of WWII to the end of WWII. "Ernie" doubled as a 6-pounder Hotchkiss gunner for his on-deck duties. Ernest Quetschke returned home to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio after the war ended.

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External links[]

• DANFS entry on USS Whitney

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