USS Black
Service
- 21 May 1943 — 26 September 1969835 days of the war
- Name
- USS Black
- Namesake
- Hugh David Black
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
- Laid down
- 14 November 1942
- Launched
- 28 March 1943
- Commissioned
- 21 May 1943
- Decommissioned
- 26 September 1969
- Struck
- 26 September 1969
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 (1971)
- Status
- Scrapped
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
- 6,479 nmi (11,999 km)
- Complement
- 329
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Black was a Fletcher-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Hugh David Black. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey on 14 November 1942. Launched on 28 March 1943, she entered service on 21 May 1943.
Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
Displacement was 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 329.
Her main battery was four 40 mm (1.6 in) guns.
She was in commission for 835 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 September 1969. She was struck from the register on 26 September 1969.
She was broken up for scrap on 17 February 1971.
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
- 5 × 5-inch 38 caliber guns
- 4 × 40 mm AA guns
- 4 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
- USS Caperton
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Black on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 98068 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons