USS Franks
Service
- as Franks30 July 1943 — 31 May 1946767 days of the war
- Name
- USS Franks
- Namesake
- William Joseph Franks
- Builder
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 8 March 1942
- Launched
- 7 December 1942
- Commissioned
- 30 July 1943
- Decommissioned
- 31 May 1946
- Struck
- 1 December 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 1 August 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
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Franks was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after William Joseph Franks. Her keel was laid at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on 8 March 1942. Launched on 7 December 1942, she entered service on 30 July 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 336. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 767 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 1 August 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 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
- 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
- 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × single depth charge throwers
- 2 × depth charge racks
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 Franks on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-50563 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons