USS Lyman K. Swenson
Service
- as USS Lyman K. Swenson2 May 1944 — 12 February 1971488 days of the war
- Name
- USS Lyman K. Swenson
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-729
- Namesake
- Lyman Knute Swenson
- Builder
- Bath Iron Works
- Laid down
- 11 September 1943
- Launched
- 12 February 1944
- Commissioned
- 2 May 1944
- Decommissioned
- 12 February 1971
- 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 Lyman K. Swenson was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-729. She was named for Lyman Knute Swenson. Bath Iron Works laid her keel on 11 September 1943. She entered service on 2 May 1944, having been launched on 12 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.
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 488 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 12 February 1971. 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
- 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 Lyman K. Swenson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: PH1 Dixon M. Dreher, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 96968 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons