USS Dyer - DD-84 (Destroyer)

USS Dyer (DD-84) was a Wickes-class destroyer that served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. These destroyers had a standard displacement of around 1,202-1,208 long tons, a length of 314 feet 4 inches, and were powered by two steam turbines producing 27,000 shaft horsepower, allowing them to reach speeds of 35 knots. Dyer was armed with four 4-inch guns, two 1-pounder anti-aircraft guns, and a torpedo battery with a dozen 21-inch torpedo tubes. She served in patrol squadrons, escorting convoys and Army transports between Gibraltar and Marseilles, France during WWI. After the war, she engaged in relief activities and passenger transport in the Mediterranean before being decommissioned in 1922 and eventually sold in 1936.