USS James C. Owens
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USS James C. Owens (DD-776), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy FRAM II class to be named for Lieutenant James C. Owens Jr., a member of Torpedo Squadron 8 on board USS Hornet. His entire squadron was lost in an attack against Japanese aircraft carriers 4 June during the Battle of Midway. Lt. Owens received the Navy Cross and the Presidential Unit Citation (US) posthumously.
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USS James C. Owens | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | James C. Owens |
Namesake | James C. Owens Jr. |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro |
Laid down | 9 April 1944 |
Launched | 1 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 17 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 15 July 1973 |
Stricken | 15 July 1973 |
Fate | To Brazil 15 July 1973 |
Brazil | |
Name | Sergipe |
Acquired | 15 July 1973 |
Stricken | 17 October 1995 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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