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USS William D. Porter (DD-579)
US Navy Fletcher-class destroyer in service 1942–1945 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Porter.
USS William D. Porter (DD-579), nicknamed the "Willie Dee", was a ship of the United States Navy. She was a Fletcher-class destroyer named after Commodore William D. Porter (1808–1864).
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![]() USS William D. Porter (DD-579), in Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, with other destroyers, 9 June 1944. | |
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Name | USS William D. Porter (DD-579) |
Namesake | William D. Porter |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 7 May 1942 |
Launched | 27 September 1942 |
Commissioned | 6 July 1943 |
Stricken | 11 July 1945 |
Fate | Sunk by kamikazes,[1] 10 June 1945 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kn |
Complement | 273 |
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William D. Porter was laid down on 7 May 1942 at Orange, Texas, United States, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation; launched on 27 September 1942, sponsored by Miss Mary Elizabeth Reeder; and commissioned on 6 July 1943.[2] The ship is predominantly remembered today for the string of extremely unfortunate events that plagued her short three-year career during World War II.