History
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 20 December 1937
Launched: 8 December 1938
Commissioned: 3 November 1939
Decommissioned: 15 November 1945
Struck: 28 November 1945
Fate: Scrapped September 1947
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
Armor: None |
