USN · DD

Sproston

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-577
Launched	1942-08-31
Commissioned	1943-05-19
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Stickney, Fred Russell Captain, 19 May 1943 – 14 October 1943 Luosey, Michael Joseph Captain, 14 October 1943 – 6 February 1945 Esslinger, Robert John Captain, 6 February 1945 – 2 November 1945 Karl, Robert Duane Captain from 2 November 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 Sproston (DDE-577) at Pearl Harbor c1960.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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