USS Noa (DD-841)
US Navy Gearing-class destroyer in service 1945-1973 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Noa.
USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for midshipman Loveman Noa (1878–1901).
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USS Noa underway on 1 April 1965 | |
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Name | Noa |
Namesake | Loveman Noa |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 26 March 1945 |
Launched | 30 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 2 November 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1973 |
Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
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Fate | Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973 |
Notes | Sold to Spain, 17 May 1978 |
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Spain | |
Name | Blas de Lezo |
Namesake | Blas de Lezo |
Acquired | 31 October 1973 |
Identification | Hull number: D-65 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1991 |
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Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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Noa was laid down by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 26 March 1945; launched on 30 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. James Cary Jones, Jr., wife of Rear Admiral James Cary Jones, Jr., USN; and commissioned on 2 November 1945.