USS Ellet
Service
- 17 February 1939 — 29 October 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Ellet
- Namesake
- Five members of the Ellet family
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
- Laid down
- 3 December 1936
- Launched
- 11 June 1938
- Commissioned
- 17 February 1939
- Decommissioned
- 29 October 1945
- Fate
- Sold 1 August 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,850 long tons (1,880 t)
- Length
- 103.94 m (341 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.05 m (10 ft)
- Complement
- 184
USS Ellet was a Benham-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She was named for Five members of the Ellet family. Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company laid her keel on 3 December 1936. She entered service on 17 February 1939, having been launched on 11 June 1938.
Ten ships of the class were built. The class followed the Somers-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Sims-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,850 long tons. She measured 103.9 m (341 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). She carried a complement of 184.
Her main battery was four 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 October 1945.
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Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 4 × 5 in/38 guns, 16 21" torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Ellet on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — This image has been extracted from another file — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons