Pacific ships

USN · DD

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer. Commissioned 22 November 1943. She screened the fast carriers through the Pacific war and was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. Seven battle stars. She was not sunk.

ClassFletcher class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-687
Launched1943-07-30
Commissioned1943-11-22
FateAfloat. Survived the war. Decommissioned in July 1972. Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974.
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.

Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-202908. USS Uhlmann (DD-687) underway off New York City (USA) on 7 December 1943 (80-G-202908).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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