USS Dashiell
Service
- as USS Dashiell20 March 1943 — 29 April 1960897 days of the war
- Name
- USS Dashiell
- Namesake
- Robert B. Dashiell
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
- Laid down
- 1 October 1942
- Launched
- 6 February 1943
- Commissioned
- 20 March 1943
- Decommissioned
- 29 April 1960
- Struck
- 1 December 1974
- Fate
- Sold for scrap
21 September 1975 - 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
- 319
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Dashiell was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Robert B. Dashiell. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey laid her keel on 1 October 1942. She entered service on 20 March 1943, having been launched on 6 February 1943.
She was one of 173 ships of her class. 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 319.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 897 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 April 1960. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1974.
She was broken up for scrap.
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 in (127 mm) /38 guns
- 4 × 40 mm AA guns
- 4 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 in 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 Black
- 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)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Dashiell on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Burau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-659 Dashiell - 139309 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons