USS Leutze
Service
- as Leutze4 March 1944 — 6 December 1945547 days of the war
- Name
- USS Leutze
- Namesake
- Eugene H. C. Leutze
- Builder
- Puget Sound Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 3 June 1941
- Launched
- 29 October 1942
- Commissioned
- 4 March 1944
- Decommissioned
- 6 December 1945
- Struck
- 3 January 1947
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 17 June 1947 (1947)
- 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
- 38 knots (70.4 km/h, 43.7 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 329
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Leutze was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She was named for Eugene H. C. Leutze. Her keel was laid at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 3 June 1941. Launched on 29 October 1942, she entered service on 4 March 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 38 knots, and she carried a complement of 329. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 547 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 6 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 3 January 1947.
She was broken up for scrap on 17 June 1947.
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
- geared turbines
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
- 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
- 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × single depth charge throwers
- 2 × depth charge racks
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 Leutze on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-64260 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons