USS Southerland information

History
United States
Name	USS Southerland
Namesake	William Henry Hudson Southerland
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	27 May 1944
Launched	5 October 1944
Commissioned	22 December 1944
Decommissioned	26 February 1981
Reclassified	DDR-743, 18 March 1949; DD-743, 1 April 1964;
Stricken	23 February 1981
Homeport	San Diego, California
Honors and; awards	1 battle star (World War II); 8 battle stars (Korea); 10 campaign stars (Vietnam);
Fate	Sunk as a target, 2 August 1997
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	367
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns; 16 × 40 mm AA guns; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Southerland (DD-743), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for William Henry Hudson Southerland, an admiral.

Southerland was laid down on 27 May 1944 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine^[1] and launched on 5 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edmund Richardson, daughter of Rear Admiral Southerland. The destroyer was commissioned on 22 December 1944.^[1] The ship served at the end of the Second World War as a radar defence picket and then saw service across most of the mid 20th century, including operations in the Korean War and Vietnam War.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Volume 6: Congress okays retirement of seven FRAM and NRF Ships". Surface Warfare. United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 1981. p. 46.

[SW-1] "Volume 6: Congress okays retirement of seven FRAM and NRF Ships". Surface Warfare. United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 1981. p. 46.

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History

United States
Name	USS Southerland
Namesake	William Henry Hudson Southerland
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	27 May 1944
Launched	5 October 1944
Commissioned	22 December 1944
Decommissioned	26 February 1981
Reclassified	DDR-743, 18 March 1949 DD-743, 1 April 1964
Stricken	23 February 1981
Homeport	San Diego, California
Honors and awards	1 battle star (World War II) 8 battle stars (Korea) 10 campaign stars (Vietnam)
Fate	Sunk as a target, 2 August 1997
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	367
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 16 × 40 mm AA guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks