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USS Phelps (DD-360)
USS Phelps (DD-360)
History
USS PhelpsUnited States
NamesakeThomas Stowell Phelps
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down2 January 1934
Launched18 July 1935
Sponsored byMrs. Richard A. Kearny
Commissioned26 February 1936
Decommissioned6 November 1945
Stricken28 January 1947
Honors and
awards
12 × battle stars
FateSold 10 August 1947, scrapped
General characteristics
Class and typePorter-class destroyer
Displacement1,805 tons
Length380 ft 6 in (115.98 m)
Beam36 ft 2 in (11.02 m)
Draught10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Speed37  knots (69 km/h)
Complement276
Armament
  • As built:
  • 1 × Mk35 Gun Fire Control System,
  • 8 × 5" (127mm)/38cal SP (4x2),
  • 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4),
  • 2 × Depth Charge stern racks
  • c1944:
  • 1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System,
  • 5 × 5"(127mm)/38cal DP (2x2,1x1),
  • 1 × Mk51 Gun Director,
  • 4 × Bofors 40mm AA (1x4),
  • 8 × Oerlikon 20mm AA (8x1),
  • 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes 2x4,
  • 2 × Depth Charge stern racks

USS Phelps (DD-360) was a World War II-era Porter-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was named for Thomas Stowell Phelps, who was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy in 1884.

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