USN · DD

Twining

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-540
Launched	1943-07-11
Commissioned	1943-12-01
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Wakefield, Ellis Kerr Captain, 1 December 1943 – 27 January 1945 List, Frank Voris Captain, 27 January 1945 – 8 September 1945 Hollingsworth, Albert Francis Captain from 8 September 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 Princeton (CVS-37) Twining (DD-540) and Diodon (SS-349) underway 1959.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

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