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United States Navy — Destroyer DD-528

USS Mullany (DD-528)

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Mullany (DD-528)
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 1072448 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-528 The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mullany (DD-528) underway at sea on 6 April 1962.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Mullany23 April 1943 — 6 October 1971863 days of the war
  2. as Chin Yang6 October 1971 — 16 July 1988
Full service history About 777 words
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Mullany
Pennant / hull number
DD-528
Namesake
James Robert Madison Mullany
Builder
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down
15 January 1942
Launched
10 October 1942
Commissioned
23 April 1943
Decommissioned
14 February 1946
Recommissioned
8 March 1951
Struck
6 October 1971
Fate
Sunk as artificial reef, 1 November 2001 (2001)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length
114.6 m (376 ft)
Beam
11.89 m (39 ft)
Draught
5.18 m (17 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

(DD‑528: dp. 2,500; l. 376'2"; b. 39'7"; dr. 13'; s. 37 k.; cpl. 273; a. 5 5", 5 40mm., 7 20mm., 2 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. Fletcher )

Robert Madison Mullany, born in New York City 26 October 1818, was appointed midshipman 7 January 1832 and took part in the capture of Tobasco during the Mexican War. He served with the North Atlantic and West Gulf Blockading Squadrons during the Civil War, and received the thanks of Congress for gallantry in the Battle of Mobile Bay, where he lost an arm. As rear admiral he commanded the North Atlantic Station (1874‑75), protecting American interests on the Isthmus of Panama. He died at Bryn Mawr, Pa., 17 September 1887.

The second Mullany (DD‑528) was originally Beatty (DD‑528) but was renamed on 28 May 1941. Laid down 15 January 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Union Plant, San Francisco, Calif., she was launched 10 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Elton W. Grenfell; and commissioned 23 April 1943, Comdr. Baron J. Mullaney in command.

Continue to the full service history About 777 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Mullany II (DD-528)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Armament
  • 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
  • 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × single depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge racks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Mullany (DD-528) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Mullany II (DD-528) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 1072448 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons