USS Henley (DD-39)

USS Henley (DD-39), port bow, camouflaged, 1918 at Queenstown, Ireland.
History
United States
Name	Henley
Namesake	Captain Robert Henley, awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost	$667,235.52[1]
Laid down	17 July 1911
Launched	3 April 1912
Sponsored by	Miss Constance Henley Kane
Commissioned	6 December 1912
Decommissioned	12 December 1919
Stricken	5 July 1934
Identification	Hull symbol:DD-39 Code letters:NHA
Fate	transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 16 May 1924
United States
Name	Henley
Acquired	16 May 1924[2]
Commissioned	14 November 1924[2]
Decommissioned	30 January 1931[2]
Identification	Hull symbol:CG-12
Fate	returned to the US Navy, 30 January 1931[2] Sold for scrapping August 22, 1934
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Paulding-class destroyer
Displacement	742 long tons (754 t) normal 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length	293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft	8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[4]
Installed power	12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	4 × boilers 2 × Parsons Direct Drive Turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h) 30.32 kn (34.89 mph; 56.15 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement	4 officers 87 enlisted[5]
Armament	5 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 6 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3 × 2)

The first USS Henley (DD-39) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-12. She was named for Robert Henley.

Henley was launched on 3 April 1912 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss Constance Henley Kane, great-grandniece or Robert Henley; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 6 December 1912.