USS Marshall
Service
- 16 October 1943 — 19 July 1969687 days of the war
- Name
- USS Marshall
- Namesake
- Thomas W. Marshall, Jr.
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
- Laid down
- 29 April 1943
- Launched
- 29 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 16 October 1943
- Decommissioned
- 19 July 1969
- Struck
- 19 July 1969
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, July 1970 (1970)
- 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
- 319
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Marshall was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She was named for Thomas W. Marshall. Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. laid her keel on 29 April 1943. Launched on 29 August 1943, she entered service on 16 October 1943.
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 319.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 687 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 19 July 1969. She was struck from the register on 19 July 1969.
She was broken up for scrap in July 1970.
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)
- geared turbines
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5 in/38 guns
- 10 × 40 mm AA guns
- 7 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 in 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 Marshall on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: AN D. Peters, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo USN 1074969 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons