USS Izard
Service
- 15 May 1943 — 31 May 1946841 days of the war
- Name
- USS Izard
- Namesake
- Ralph Izard
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 9 May 1942
- Launched
- 8 August 1942
- Commissioned
- 15 May 1943
- Decommissioned
- 31 May 1946
- Struck
- 1 May 1968
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 (1970)
- 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
- 273
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Izard was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Ralph Izard. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard on 9 May 1942. She entered service on 15 May 1943, having been launched on 8 August 1942.
173 ships of the class were built. 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 841 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 May 1968.
She was broken up for scrap on 2 April 1970.
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
- 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 Izard on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-47557 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons