USS Israel (DD-98)

History
United States
Namesake:	Joseph Israel
Builder:	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down:	26 January 1918
Launched:	22 June 1918
Commissioned:	13 September 1918
Decommissioned:	7 July 1922
Reclassified:	17 July 1920, DM-3
Struck:	1 December 1936
Fate:	Sold, 18 April 1939 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type:	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,060 tons
Length:	314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam:	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft:	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement:	113 officers and enlisted
Armament:	4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 2 × 1-pounders., 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The first USS Israel (DD-98) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. She was named in honor of Joseph Israel.

Israel was launched 22 June 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Brown; and commissioned 13 September 1918, Lt. Comdr. George N. Barker in command.

Following shakedown out of Boston, Israel rendezvoused with South Carolina at Newport, Rhode Island on 24 September 1918, and performed escort duty on the East Coast as a unit of the Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet. She departed New York 13 October with a convoy, and arrived at Gibraltar 6 November, via the Azores and Port Leixoes, Portugal. Having escorted the Brazilian Detachment to Gibraltar Harbor 9 November, Israel arrived at Venice 18 November and joined the Eastern Mediterranean Forces. She operated out of Venice and Split as a station ship transporting supplies and personnel until 12 July 1919 when she departed Villefranche, France, via Gibraltar and the Azores, arriving Boston 24 July.

While undergoing overhaul at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Israel was fitted out as a light minelayer and her classification changed 17 July 1920 to DM-3.

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