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USS Plunkett (DD-431)
History
USS PlunkettUnited States
NameUSS Plunkett
NamesakeCharles Peshall Plunkett
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down1 March 1939
Launched7 March 1940
Commissioned17 July 1940
Decommissioned3 May 1946
FateTo Taiwan, 16 February 1959
Stricken1 November 1972
IdentificationDD-431
USS PlunkettTaiwan
NameROCS Nan Yang
Acquired16 February 1959
Stricken1975
IdentificationDD-17
FateScrapped in 1975
General characteristics
Class and typeGleaves-class destroyer
Displacement1,630 tons
Length348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion
  • 50,000 shp (37,000 kW);
  • 4 boilers;
  • 2 propellers
Speed37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament
  • 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,
  • 6 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns,
  • 6 × 20 mm AA guns,
  • 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Plunkett (DD-431), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett.

Plunkett was laid down on 1 March 1939 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 7 March 1940, sponsored by Mrs. Charles P. Plunkett, widow of Rear Admiral Plunkett. The ship was commissioned on 17 July 1940.

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