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Knapp

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-653
Launched	1943-07-10
Commissioned	1943-09-16
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 27 August 1973
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Virden, Frank Captain, 16 September 1943 – 10 July 1944 Brown, William Butler Captain from 10 July 1944

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.

USS Knapp (DD-653) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 10 July 1943 and commissioned on 16 September 1943.

Frank Virden took command on the day she was commissioned and remained her captain until 10 July 1944. William Butler Brown assumed command on 10 July 1944 and led the ship from that date.

In 1945 Knapp served at Okinawa. From 27 May to 26 June she stood radar picket duty and came through that assignment afloat. Knapp survived the war. The hull was sold for scrap on 27 August 1973.

The pictures on this page are the originals.