USS McCaffery
Service
- as USS McCaffery26 July 1945 — 30 September 197338 days of the war
- Name
- USS McCaffery
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-860
- Namesake
- Joseph P. McCaffery
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding in San Pedro, California
- Laid down
- 1 October 1944
- Launched
- 12 April 1945
- Commissioned
- 26 July 1945
- Struck
- 30 September 1973
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 11 June 1974 (1974)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 3,460 long tons (3,516 t)
- Length
- 118.87 m (390 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h, 42.3 mph)
- Range
- 4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
(DD‑860: dp. 2,425; l. 390'6"; b. 41'1"; dr. 18'6"; s. 34.5 k.; cpl. 367; a. 6 5", 4 40mm., 5 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct., 1 dcp. (hh.); cl. Gearing )
Lt. Col. Joseph P. McCaffery, USMC, born 20 August 1906 in Chester, Pa., accepted a commission in the Marine Corp Reserve in March 1929, after resigning a commission in the Army Reserve held from 1927. A veteran of action at Guadalcanal and New Georgia, he was fatally wounded at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, 1 November 1943, as he led his Marine Raider battalion against entrenched Japanese positions. For his valiant and inspiring leadership he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
McCaffery (DD‑860) was laid down 10 October 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Division, San Pedro, Calif.; launched 4 April 1945; sponsored by Miss Patricia McCaffery, niece of Lt. Col. Joseph P. McCaffery; and commissioned 26 July 1945, Comdr. Benjamin B. Cheatham, USN, in command.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (McCaffery (DD-860)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Two-screw General Electric geared turbines, 60000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × 5"/38 caliber guns (3x2)
- 12 × 40 mm guns
- 11 × 20 mm guns
- 10 × 21" torpedo tubes (2x5) 10 torpedoes
Sister ships
- USS Abner Read (DD-769)
- USS Benner (DD-807)
- USS Bordelon
- USS Charles P. Cecil
- USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)
- USS Chevalier (DD-805)
- USS Corry (DD-817)
- USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808)
- USS Duncan (DD-874)
- USS Dyess
- USS Eugene A. Greene
- USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
- USS Floyd B. Parks
- USS Frank Knox
- USS Fred T. Berry
- USS Furse
- USS Gearing
- USS George K. MacKenzie
- USS Goodrich
- USS Gurke
- USS Gyatt
- USS Hanson
- USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864)
- USS Hawkins
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS McCaffery on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from McCaffery (DD-860) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 107105 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons