Technical Specifications

Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Laid down: 20 December 1937 Launched: 8 December 1938 Commissioned: 15 September 1939 Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 Struck: 30 April 1948 Honors and awards: American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp, "A" device), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Japan" clasp) Fate: Scuttled off Kwajalein, 18 April 1948 General characteristics Class and type: Sims-class destroyer Displacement: 1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std) 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full) Length: 348 ft, 3¼ in, (106.15 m) Beam: 36 ft, 1 in (11 m) Draft: 13 ft, 4.5 in (4.07 m) Propulsion: High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 horsepower Speed: 35 knots Range: 3,660 nautical miles at 20 kt (6,780 km at 37 km/h) Complement: 192 (10 officers/182 enlisted) Armament: 5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts 4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts 2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges