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USS Wedderburn
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Wedderburn (DD-684), was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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Namesake | Charles F. Wedderburn |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 10 January 1943 |
Launched | 1 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 9 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1969 |
Stricken | 1 October 1969 |
Fate | Sold 25 January 1972 for scrapping |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376.4 ft (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39.6 ft (12.1 m) |
Draft | 13.8 ft (4.2 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 329 |
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