USS John Hood
Service
- 7 June 1944 — 30 June 1964452 days of the war
- Name
- USS John Hood
- Namesake
- John Hood
- Builder
- Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
- Laid down
- 12 October 1942
- Launched
- 25 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 7 June 1944
- Decommissioned
- 30 June 1964
- Struck
- 1 December 1974
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976 (1976)
- 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
- 319
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS John Hood was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after John Hood. Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama laid her keel on 12 October 1942. Launched on 25 October 1943, she entered service on 7 June 1944.
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 319.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 452 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 June 1964. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1974.
She was broken up for scrap on 12 April 1976.
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 John Hood on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-129452 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons