Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer

USS John R. Pierce

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS John R. Pierce
U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-76835 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John R. Pierce (DD-753) after delivery from Bethlehem Steel off Staten Island, New York (USA), on 22 November 1944. The destroyer was commissioned on 30 December 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 33a.

Service

  1. United States Navy as John R. Pierce30 December 1944 — 1973248 days of the war
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS John R. Pierce
Namesake
John Reeves Pierce
Builder
Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
Laid down
24 March 1944
Launched
1 September 1944
Commissioned
30 December 1944
Decommissioned
1973
Struck
1 July 1973
Fate
Sold 6 November 1974 and broken up for scrap. (1974)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
Length
114.6 m (376 ft)
Beam
12.19 m (40 ft)
Draught
4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed
34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
Range
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS John R. Pierce was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for John Reeves Pierce. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York on 24 March 1944. She entered service on 30 December 1944, having been launched on 1 September 1944.

Her class ran to 54 ships. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.

She displaced 2,200 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.

Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 248 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1973. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1973.

She was broken up for scrap on 6 November 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
  • 2 propellers
Armament
  • 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS John R. Pierce on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-76835 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons