USS Baldwin in the Suez Canal, Egypt, on 9 February 1945
History
United States
Name
Baldwin
Namesake
Charles H. Baldwin
Builder
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down
19 July 1941
Launched
14 June 1942
Commissioned
30 April 1943
Decommissioned
20 June 1946
Stricken
1 June 1961
Fate
Scuttled, 5 June 1961
General characteristics
Class and type
Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement
1,630 tons
Length
348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam
36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
Draft
17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Propulsion
50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
4 boilers
2 propellers
Speed
35 knots (65 km/h)
Range
6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament
4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose guns
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns,
2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns,
7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons,
5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes),
6 × depth charge projectors,
2 × depth charge tracks
USS Baldwin (DD-624), was a United States Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, in service from 1943 to 1946. She was the only ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Charles H. Baldwin, an 1864 Medal of Honor recipient.
Baldwin was laid down on 19 July 1941 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington and launched on 14 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Ida E. Crawford, daughter of Acting Master's Mate Baldwin. The ship was commissioned on 30 April 1943 and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet.
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