USS Swanson
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USS Swanson (DD-443) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939).
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United States | |
Name | Swanson |
Namesake | Claude A. Swanson |
Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 15 November 1939 |
Launched | 2 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 29 May 1941 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 1945 |
Stricken | 1 March 1971 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 29 June 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 216 |
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She participated in, Operation Torch, Operation Husky, the Pacific theatre, escorted nine convoys and earned eight battle stars for her service.