Mitscher class destroyer
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 USS Mitscher (DL-2) later (DDG-35) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Mitscher class destroyer |
| Builders: | Bath Iron Works Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Gearing class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Forrest Sherman class destroyer |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,642 tons standard; 4,855 full load |
| Length: | 490 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 47.5 ft (14.5 m) |
| Draft: | 14.7 ft (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft; gear steam turbines; 4 boilers; 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Armament: | 2x 5in (127 mm); 4x 3in (76 mm); 8x 20 mm; 4x 21in (533 mm) TT; 2x Alfa ASW; 1x depth charge rack |
The Mitscher class destroyer was an experimental destroyer class of the United States Navy.
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[edit] Description
All four Mitscher class ships were ordered 3 August 1948 and were named for admirals of the Second World War. Each ship displaced 3,331 tons light, 3,642 tons standard and 4,855 tons under full load with a length of 494 feet (151 m), a 50-foot (15 m) beam and a 26-foot (8 m) draft.
Beyond that, each ship had a different loadout of propulsion and other systems so as to determine the best course of action for future destroyer design.
In the early 1960s, the Mitchser class underwent FRAM I modernization, including replacement of their boilers.
[edit] List of Mitscher class destroyers
| Ship Name | Builder | Commission– Decommission |
Fate |
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| USS Mitscher (DL-2) | Bath Iron Works | 1953-1978 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 08/01/1980 |
| USS John S. McCain (DL-3) | Bath Iron Works | 1953-1978 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 12/13/1979 |
| USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4) | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard | 1954-1969 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 06/01/1973 |
| USS Wilkinson (DL-5) | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard | 1954-1969 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 06/01/1975 |
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- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-927.htm
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- USS Mitscher (DL-2)
- USS John S. McCain (DL-3)
- USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4)
- USS Wilkinson (DL-5)
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