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USS Bennett
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Bennett (DD-473), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the U.S. Navy that was named for the naval aviator Floyd Bennett (1890–1928), who flew towards the North Pole with Richard E. Byrd in 1926, but it is disputed whether they made it there.
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Namesake | Floyd Bennett |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 10 December 1941 |
Launched | 16 April 1942 |
Commissioned | 9 February 1943 |
Decommissioned | 18 April 1946 |
Stricken | 1 August 1973 |
Fate | Transferred to Brazil, 15 December 1959 |
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Name | Paraíba |
Acquired | 15 December 1959 |
Stricken | 1978 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1978 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 336 |
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The Bennett (DD-473) was launched on 16 April 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Floyd Bennett, the widow of Aviation Machinist Bennett. She was commissioned on 9 February 1943 with Commander Edmund B. Taylor in command.