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McDermut

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ClassFletcher class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-677
Launched1943-10-17
Commissioned1943-11-19
FateAfloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 4 January 1966
Armament (class)Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command

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.

McDermut
U.S. Navy. USS McDermut (DD-677) underway on 18 November 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

USS McDermut (DD-677) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 17 October 1943. The ship was commissioned on 19 November 1943. P. L. Wirtz took command that same day.

On 25 October 1944 McDermut fought in the Battle of Surigao Strait. She was in the destroyer torpedo attack. McDermut survived the war. On 4 January 1966 she was sold for scrap.

The pictures on this page are the originals.