USS Nicholas (DD-311)

History
United States
Namesake	Samuel Nicholas
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco
Laid down	11 January 1919
Launched	1 May 1919
Commissioned	23 November 1920
Decommissioned	26 October 1923
Fate	Wrecked in the Honda Point Disaster, 8 September 1923
General characteristics
Class and type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,215 tons
Length	314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m)
Beam	31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m)
Draft	9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (20 MW);; geared turbines,; twin propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,900 nmi at 15 kt; (9,100 km at 28 km/h);
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns,; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun,; 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) tt.;

USS Nicholas (DD-311) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for Samuel Nicholas (1744–1790), the first Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.

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