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USS Marshall
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Marshall (DD-676) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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![]() USS Marshall (DD-676), pulling alongside USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), during refueling exercises off the California coast, 7 March 1963. | |
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Namesake | Thomas W. Marshall, Jr. |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. |
Laid down | 29 April 1943 |
Launched | 29 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 16 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 19 July 1969 |
Stricken | 19 July 1969 |
Honours and awards | 12 Battle Stars |
Fate | Sold for scrap, July 1970 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
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Complement | 319 |
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