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

USS Bullard

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Bullard
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-289775 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bullard (DD-660) at anchor off San Francisco, California (USA), on 16 November 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 10D. Note the shadow of the photo aircraft.

Service

  1. United States Navy9 April 1943 — 20 December 1946877 days of the war
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Bullard
Namesake
William H. G. Bullard
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Laid down
16 October 1942
Launched
28 February 1943
Commissioned
9 April 1943
Decommissioned
20 December 1946
Struck
1 December 1972
Fate
Sold for scrap 3 December 1973 (1973)
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
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
329
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)

USS Bullard was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named for William H. G. Bullard. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey on 16 October 1942. Launched on 28 February 1943, she entered service on 9 April 1943.

Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.

She displaced 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 877 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 December 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 3 December 1973.

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

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Bullard on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-289775 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons