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USS Picking (DD-685) underway on 24 October 1951
History
USS PickingUnited States
NamePicking
NamesakeSherwood Picking
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Staten Island, N.Y.
Laid down24 November 1942
Launched1 June 1943
Commissioned21 September 1943
Decommissioned20 December 1945
Recommissioned26 January 1951
Decommissioned6 September 1969
Stricken1 March 1975
FateSunk as a target, 27 February 1997
General characteristics
Class and typeFletcher-class destroyer
Displacement2,050 tons
Length376.4 ft (114.7 m)
Beam39.6 ft (12.1 m)
Draft13.8 ft (4.2 m)
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW);
  • 2 propellers
Speed38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement329
Armament
  • 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns
  • 10 × 40 mm AA guns,
  • 7 × 20 mm AA guns,
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Picking (DD-685), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Sherwood Picking (1890–1941), a submarine commander during World War I.

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