USS Harlan R. Dickson
Service
- as Harlan R. Dickson17 February 1945 — 1972197 days of the war
- Name
- USS Harlan R. Dickson
- Namesake
- Harlan Rockey Dickson
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
- Laid down
- 23 May 1944
- Launched
- 17 December 1944
- Commissioned
- 17 February 1945
- Decommissioned
- 1972
- Struck
- 1 July 1972
- Fate
- Sold 18 May 1973 and broken up for scrap (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Harlan R. Dickson was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Harlan Rockey Dickson. Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company laid her keel on 23 May 1944. Launched on 17 December 1944, she entered service on 17 February 1945.
She was one of 54 ships of her class. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.
Displacement was 2,200 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 197 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1972. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 18 May 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
- 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
- 12 × 40 mm AA guns
- 11 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham
- USS Allen M. Sumner
- USS Ault
- USS Barton (DD-722)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Borie (DD-704)
- USS Bristol (DD-857)
- USS Brush
- USS Charles S. Sperry
- USS Collett
- USS Compton
- USS Cooper
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Douglas H. Fox
- USS Drexler
- USS English
- USS Frank E. Evans
- USS Gainard
- USS Hank
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
- USS Hyman
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Harlan R. Dickson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Burau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-708 Dixon - 139525 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons