USS Shelton (DD-790)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Shelton.
USS Shelton (DD-790) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Ensign James A. Shelton (1916–1942), who was killed in the Battle of Midway.
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USS Shelton on 6 July 1951 | |
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Name | Shelton |
Namesake | James A. Shelton |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 31 May 1945 |
Launched | 8 March 1946 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Loretta Shelton Miller |
Commissioned | 21 June 1946 |
Stricken | 31 March 1973 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 18 April 1973 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Lai Yang |
Acquired | 18 April 1973 |
Commissioned | 18 April 1973 |
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Decommissioned | 16 March 1999 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-20 |
Fate | Sunk as artificial reef, November 2002 |
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Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
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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