USS Boyle

Benson-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy as USS Boyle (DD-600)15 August 1942 — 29 March 19461,114 days of the war

Benson-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Boyle
Namesake: Thomas Boyle
Builder: Fore River Shipyard
Launched: 15 June 1942
Commissioned: 15 August 1942
Decommissioned: 29 March 1946
Struck: 1 June 1971
Fate: Sunk as target, 3 May 1973 (1973)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,620 long tons (1,646 t)
Length: 106.07 m (348 ft)
Beam: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught: 5.18 m (17 ft)
Complement: 276
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Boyle was a Benson-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Thomas Boyle. She was built by Fore River Shipyard. She entered service on 15 August 1942, having been launched on 15 June 1942.

30 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sims-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gleaves-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,620 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). She carried a complement of 276.

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

She was in commission for 1,114 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1971.

She was expended as a target on 3 May 1973. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament: 5 x 5 in/38 guns, 10 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt.

Sister ships

5 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Boyle on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-32994 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons