USN · DD
Philip
Photos and infoFletcher-class destroyer. Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. Commissioned 21 November 1942. Solomons, Saipan, Mindoro, and Lingayen. Nine battle stars. She was not sunk in the war.
| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-498 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny |
| Launched | 1942-10-13 |
| Commissioned | 1942-11-21 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Decommissioned 30 September 1968. Sold for scrap in December 1971. Sank in a storm on 2 February 1972 while under tow to the breakers. |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
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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.
USS Philip (DD-498) underway on 20 November 1942 (NH 98590).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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