USS Ault
Service
- as Ault31 May 1944 — 16 July 1973462 days of the war
- Name
- USS Ault
- Namesake
- William B. Ault
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
- Laid down
- 15 November 1943
- Launched
- 26 March 1944
- Commissioned
- 31 May 1944
- Decommissioned
- 16 July 1973
- Struck
- 1 September 1973
- Fate
- Sold 30 April 1974 and broken up for scrap. (1974)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 3,218 long tons (3,270 t)
- Length
- 114.76 m (376.5 ft)
- Beam
- 12.5 m (41 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
- Range
- 3,300 nmi (6,112 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Ault was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after William B. Ault. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 15 November 1943. She entered service on 31 May 1944, having been launched on 26 March 1944.
54 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.
Displacement was 3,218 long tons. She measured 114.8 m (377 ft) long with a beam of 12.5 m (41 ft). Her designed speed was 36.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.
Her main battery was twelve 40 mm (1.6 in) guns.
She was in commission for 462 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 July 1973. She was struck from the register on 1 September 1973.
She was broken up for scrap on 30 April 1974.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60000 shp; GE geared turbines, 2 screws
- Armament
- 6 × 5-inch 38 caliber cal. DP guns
- 12 × 40 mm AA
- 11 × 20 mm AA
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham
- USS Allen M. Sumner
- USS Barton (DD-722)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Borie (DD-704)
- USS Bristol (DD-857)
- USS Brush
- USS Charles S. Sperry
- USS Collett
- USS Compton
- USS Cooper
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Douglas H. Fox
- USS Drexler
- USS English
- USS Frank E. Evans
- USS Gainard
- USS Hank
- USS Harlan R. Dickson
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
- USS Hyman
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Ault on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-66338 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons