uss sproston (dd-173)

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aid down:	20 April 1918
aunched:	10 August 1918
ommissioned:	12 July 1919
edesignated:	DM-13, 17 July 1920
ecommissioned:	15 August 1922
ate:	Sunk as a target
truck:	1 December 1936
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isplacement:	1191 tons
ength:	310 ft
eam:	30 ft 11 in
raft:	9 ft 2 in
ropulsion:
peed:	33 knots
omplement:	122 officers and enlisted
rmament:	4 4", 2 3", 12 21" tt.

The first USS Sproston (DD173) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for John G. Sproston. Sproston was laid down on 20 April 1918 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; launched on 10 August 1918; sponsored by Mrs. George J. Dennis; and commissioned on 12 July 1919. Sproston sailed to Hawaii and was assigned to the Pacific Fleet in the fall of 1919. On 17 July 1920, the ship was reclassified from a destroyer to a Light Minelayer (DM-13) and continued operating at Pearl Harbor until 1922. On 15 August 1922, Sproston was decommissioned there and attached to the reserve fleet. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 December 1936 and sunk as a target. See USS Sproston for other ships of this name.

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