Lieutenant, junior grade, Richard C. Saufley (1884-1916), U.S. Navy aviation pioneer
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Laid down
27 January 1942
Launched
19 July 1942
Commissioned
29 August 1942
Decommissioned
29 January 1965
Stricken
1 September 1966
Fate
Sunk as target, 20 February 1968
General characteristics
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 kt
Complement
329
Armament
5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × single depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge racks
USS Saufley (DD/DDE/EDDE-465), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a warship of the United States Navy named for pioneering Naval Aviator, Lieutenant Richard Saufley, USN.
Saufley was laid down on 27 January 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 19 July 1942; sponsored by Saufley's widow, Mrs Helen (O’Rear) Scruggs (daughter of Judge Edward C. O’Rear of Frankfort, Kentucky),[1] commissioned 29 August 1942.
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