Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer DD-755

USS John A. Bole

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS John A. Bole
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-114301 available at destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-755 The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John A. Bole (DD-755) underway, circa in March 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS John A. Bole3 March 1945 — 6 November 1970183 days of the war
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS John A. Bole
Pennant / hull number
DD-755
Namesake
John A. Bole
Builder
Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York
Laid down
20 May 1944
Launched
1 November 1944
Commissioned
3 March 1945
Decommissioned
6 November 1970
Struck
1 February 1974
Fate
To Taiwan 6 May 1974 and cannibalized for spare parts (1974)
Status
Unknown

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 John A. Bole was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-755. She was named for John A. Bole. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York on 20 May 1944. She entered service on 3 March 1945, having been launched on 1 November 1944.

Her class ran to 54 ships. 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 183 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 6 November 1970. She was struck from the register on 1 February 1974.

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

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS John A. Bole on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-114301 available at destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons