USN · DD
Walker
Photos and infoFletcher-class destroyer. Bath Iron Works. Commissioned 3 April 1943. Escort, screen, and bombardment duty in the Pacific. Six battle stars. She was not sunk. Italy took her in 1969 as Fante.
| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-517 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched | 1943-01-31 |
| Commissioned | 1943-04-03 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Decommissioned 2 June 1969. Sold to Italy as Fante on 2 July 1969. Retired in 1977 and scrapped. |
| 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.
U.S. Navy. USS Walker (DD-517) underway at sea in 1943 (19-N-47974).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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