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

USS Halligan

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Halligan
PH3 John M. Andrews, USN — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-264061 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Halligan (DD-584) pulling away after delivering mail to the escort carrier USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) on 1 March 1945, during the Iwo Jima Operation. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1D.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Halligan19 August 1943 — 28 April 1945618 days of the war
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Halligan
Namesake
John Halligan, Jr.
Builder
Boston Navy Yard
Laid down
9 November 1942
Launched
19 March 1943
Commissioned
19 August 1943
Struck
28 April 1945
Fate
Lost to mine, 26 March 1945
By mine (1945)
Status
Wreck

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
273
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Halligan was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after John Halligan. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 9 November 1942. Launched on 19 March 1943, she entered service on 19 August 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 273.

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

She was in commission for 618 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 28 April 1945.

She was sunk on 26 March 1945 by mine. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Armament
  • 5 × 5 in
  • 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 Halligan on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: PH3 John M. Andrews, USN — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-264061 from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons