Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer

USS Massey

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS Massey
Jim Readon YN2, USN — CV-42 verteran's website [1] photo [2] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy USS Massey (DD-778) steaming next to the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) in the Mediterranean Sea, 1971.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Massey24 November 1944 — 1969282 days of the war
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Massey
Namesake
Lance Edward Massey
Builder
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Laid down
14 January 1944
Launched
12 September 1944
Commissioned
24 November 1944
Decommissioned
1969
Struck
17 September 1973
Fate
Sold 13 November 1974 and broken up for scrap (1974)
Status
Scrapped

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 Massey was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Lance Edward Massey. Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle laid her keel on 14 January 1944. She entered service on 24 November 1944, having been launched on 12 September 1944.

54 ships of the class were built. 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 was in commission for 282 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1969. She was struck from the register on 17 September 1973.

She was broken up for scrap on 13 November 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 guns
  • 11 × 20 mm cannons
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge tracks
  • 4 × depth charge projectors

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Massey on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Jim Readon YN2, USN — CV-42 verteran's website [1] photo [2] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons