USS Phelps
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USS Phelps (DD-360) was a World War II-era Porter-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was named for Thomas Stowell Phelps, who was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy in 1884.
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USS Phelps (DD-360) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Thomas Stowell Phelps |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 2 January 1934 |
Launched | 18 July 1935 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Richard A. Kearny |
Commissioned | 26 February 1936 |
Decommissioned | 6 November 1945 |
Stricken | 28 January 1947 |
Honors and awards | 12 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold 10 August 1947, scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Porter-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,805 tons |
Length | 380 ft 6 in (115.98 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h) |
Complement | 276 |
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