USN · DD

Saufley

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-465
Launched	1942-07-19
Commissioned	1942-08-29
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sunk as target, 20 February 1968
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Brown, Bert Franklin Captain, 29 August 1942 – 6 December 1943 Cochran, Dale Eugene Captain, 6 December 1943 – 12 February 1945 Silk, Francis William Captain from 12 February 1945

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.

USN. USS Saufley (DD-465) underway c1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

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