USS Lowry

USS Lowry was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Reigart Bolivar Lowry. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro on 1 August 1943. She entered service on 23 July 1944, having been launched on 6 February 1944.

She was one of 54 ships of her class. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.

She displaced 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 served with the United States Navy as Lowry until 1973. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Espirito Santo. She was in commission for 2,599 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1973. She was struck from the register on 31 October 1973.

She was broken up for scrap in October 1996.

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