USS John W. Weeks
Service
- as John W. Weeks21 July 1944 — 12 August 1970408 days of the war
- Name
- USS John W. Weeks
- Namesake
- John Wingate Weeks
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
- Laid down
- 17 January 1944
- Launched
- 21 May 1944
- Commissioned
- 21 July 1944
- Decommissioned
- 12 August 1970
- Struck
- 12 August 1970
- Fate
- Sunk as target off Virginia 19 November 1970 (1970)
- Status
- Wreck
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 W. Weeks was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after John Wingate Weeks. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company laid her keel on 17 January 1944. She entered service on 21 July 1944, having been launched on 21 May 1944.
54 ships of the class were built. 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 408 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 August 1970. She was struck from the register on 12 August 1970.
She was expended as a target on 19 November 1970. 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
- 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 Harlan R. Dickson
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS John W. Weeks on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Bill Gonyo — Photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons