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USS Little (DD-803)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Little.
USS Little (DD-803), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain George Little (1754–1809).
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Name | Little |
Namesake | George Little |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle |
Laid down | 13 September 1943 |
Launched | 22 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 August 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by Kamikaze,[1] 3 May 1945 |
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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 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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Complement | 329 |
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Little was laid down by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash., 13 September 1943; launched 22 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Russell F. O'Hara; and commissioned 19 August 1944.