USN · DD

Abbot

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-629
Launched	1943-02-17
Commissioned	1943-04-23
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Carroll, Chester Edward Commanding officer from 23 April 1943; Relieved on 13 August 1943 Dornin, Marshall Edgar Commanding officer from 13 August 1943; Relieved on 14 August 1944 Ingling, Francis Walford Commanding officer from 14 August 1944; In command at decommissioning, 21 May 1946

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Australian armed forces. USS Abbot (DD-629) underway c1943.JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

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