HMS Burnham (H82)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Aulick |
| Namesake: | John H. Aulick |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy |
| Cost: | $1,219,870 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down: | 3 December 1918 |
| Launched: | 11 April 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 26 July 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 October 1940 |
| Struck: | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification: | DD-258 |
| Fate: | Transferred to United Kingdom, 8 October 1940 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Burnham |
| Acquired: | 8 October 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 8 October 1940 |
| Identification: | H82 |
| Fate: | scrapped, December 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,308 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 1⁄2 inches (95.822 m) |
| Beam: | 30 feet 11 1⁄2 inches (9.436 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 122 officers and enlisted |
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The second USS Aulick (DD-258) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Burnham (H82) during World War II.
Named for John H. Aulick, Aulick was laid down on 3 December 1918 and launched on 11 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Phillip J. Willett. The ship was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 26 July 1919, Lieutenant Commander Lee P. Johnson in command.
Following her shakedown cruise, Aulick proceeded to the west coast where she joined Destroyer Flotilla 10 of the Pacific Fleet. While operating along the California coast, the vessel was given the designation DD-258 on 17 July 1920. Aulick continued to carry out routine fleet duties until she was decommissioned on 27 May 1922 at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
After over 17 years laid up in reserve, the destroyer was recommissioned on 18 June 1939 at San Diego, California. Upon her reactivation, Aulick returned to the east coast where she served until the fall of 1940. On 8 October 1940, Aulick was decommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and transferred to the British under the agreement with the United Kingdom exchanging American destroyers for bases in the Atlantic. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 December 1941.
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