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

USS Baldwin

Gleaves-class destroyer

USS Baldwin
Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-367829 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Baldwin (DD-624) in the Suez Canal, Egypt, on 9 February 1945. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71), which had President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked. Baldwin 's camouflage is Measure 32, Design 3D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Baldwin30 April 1943 — 20 June 1946858 days of the war
Gleaves-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Baldwin
Namesake
Charles H. Baldwin
Builder
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down
19 July 1941
Launched
14 June 1942
Commissioned
30 April 1943
Decommissioned
20 June 1946
Struck
1 June 1961
Fate
Scuttled, 5 June 1961 (1961)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,630 long tons (1,656 t)
Length
106.07 m (348 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 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
276
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Baldwin was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles H. Baldwin. Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation laid her keel on 19 July 1941. Launched on 14 June 1942, she entered service on 30 April 1943.

Her class ran to 66 ships. The class followed the Benson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Fletcher-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,630 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 276.

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

She was in commission for 858 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 June 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1961.

She was scuttled on 5 June 1961. 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
  • 50000 shp
  • 4 boilers
  • 2 propellers
Armament
  • 4 × 5 in/38 caliber dual purpose guns
  • 6 × 0.50 in machine guns
  • 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns
  • 7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
  • 5 × 21 in torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes)
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

41 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Baldwin on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-367829 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons