USS Ralph Talbot
Service
- 14 October 1937 — 29 August 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Ralph Talbot
- Namesake
- Ralph Talbot
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 28 October 1935
- Launched
- 31 October 1936
- Commissioned
- 14 October 1937
- Decommissioned
- 29 August 1946
- Struck
- 5 April 1948
- Fate
- Sunk, 8 March 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,325 long tons (2,362 t)
- Length
- 103.94 m (341 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 158
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Ralph Talbot was a Bagley-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Ralph Talbot. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 28 October 1935. She entered service on 14 October 1937, having been launched on 31 October 1936.
Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Gridley-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Somers-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,325 long tons. She measured 103.9 m (341 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 158. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 August 1946. She was struck from the register on 5 April 1948.
She was sunk on 8 March 1948. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 49,000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × 5"/38 caliber gun (single mounting)
- 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
- 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (quadruple mounting)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Ralph Talbot on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons