High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Smith (DD–17) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was the first ship named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith. Smith was laid down on 18 March 1908 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, launched on 20 April 1909, sponsored by Mrs. Edward Bridge Richardson; and commissioned on 26 November 1909, Lieutenant Commander D. F. Boyd in command. Smith was attached to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet upon commissioning and, after three years of active service, was placed in reserve in October 1912. Reactivated with reduced complements in December 1915 for Neutrality Patrol duty off Boston, Massachusetts, Smith arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on 10 December for recruiting duty with the Naval Auxiliary Reserve. She arrived at Key West, Florida on 12 February 1916 and at New York on 15 February to continue recruiting duty.

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