| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 118 |
| Built by | William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Sep 1917 |
| Launched | 29 Apr 1918 |
| Commissioned | 2 Oct 1918 |
| End service | 20 Jul 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned at San Diego, California on 1 May 1930 |
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Noteable events involving Lea include:
27 Aug 1942
USS Lea and USS PE-38 together pick up 33 survivors from the British tanker San Fabian that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-511 about 120 nautical miles south-south-east of Guantanamo in position 18º09'N, 74º38'W.
3 Nov 1942
USS Lea picks up 8 survivors from the Canadian merchant Chr. J. Kampmann that was torpedoed and sunk northwest of Grenada in position 12º06'N, 62º42'W by the German submarine U-160.
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