| 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 |
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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.
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-668342. USS Knapp (DD-653) underway at sea on 15 May 1955 (80-G-668342).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · TG 58.1 destroyer screen. Not sunk
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · radar picket from 27 May to 26 June; not sunk
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
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