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USS Guest
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USS Guest (DD-472), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commodore John Guest (1822–1879).
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Name | Guest |
Namesake | John Guest |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 27 September 1941 |
Launched | 20 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 4 June 1946 |
Stricken | 1 August 1973 |
Fate | Transferred to Brazil, 5 June 1959 |
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Name | Para (D27) |
Acquired | 5 June 1959 |
Stricken | 1978 |
Fate | Sunk as target 23 February 1983 |
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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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Guest was launched 20 February 1942 by the Boston Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Mrs. Ann Guest Walsh, granddaughter of Com. Guest; commissioned 15 December 1942, Commander Henry Crommelin in command. Guest decommissioned in 1946 and was transferred on loan to the Brazilian Navy in 1959, where she served as Pará (D27). She was stricken in 1979 and was sunk as a target ship in 1983.