USS McClelland
Service
- as McClelland19 September 1944 — 12 September 1960348 days of the war
- Name
- USS McClelland
- Pennant / hull number
- DE-750
- Namesake
- Thomas Alfred McClelland
- Builder
- Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California
- Laid down
- 21 July 1943
- Launched
- 28 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 19 September 1944
- Decommissioned
- 15 May 1946
- Recommissioned
- 14 July 1950
- Struck
- 1 August 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 1 November 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
- Complement
- 216
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
(DE‑750: dp. 1,240; l. 306'; b. 36'8"; dr. 8'9"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3 3", 2 40mm., 10 20mm., 3 21" tt., 2 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.); cl. Cannon )
Thomas Alfred McClelland, born 13 March 1905 at Kansas City, Mo., enlisted in the Navy as apprentice seaman, 12 September 1924, and received an honorable discharge 11 September 1928. On 7 October 1940, he was appointed ensign, USNR. On 6 April 1941, having completed a special course in communications, he reported aboard West Virginia. Ensign McClelland was reported dead after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
McClelland (DE‑750) was laid down 21 July 1943 by the Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif., launched 28 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. T. A. McClelland, widow of Ensign McClelland; and commissioned 19 September 1944, Lt. Comdr. Glendon D. Williams, in command.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (McClelland (DE-750)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × screws
- Power
- 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive
- 6000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × 3 in/50 caliber Mk22 Dual purpose gun (3×1)
- 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
- 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
- 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
- 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
- 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- Brazilian destroyer Babitonga
- Brazilian destroyer Baependi
- Brazilian destroyer Bauru
- Brazilian destroyer Beberibe
- Brazilian destroyer Benevente
- Brazilian destroyer Bertioga
- Brazilian destroyer Bocaina
- Brazilian destroyer Bracui
- French frigate Algérien
- French frigate Hova
- French frigate Marocain
- French frigate Sénégalais
- French frigate Somali
- French frigate Tunisien
- USS Acree
- USS Alger
- USS Amick
- USS Atherton
- USS Baker (DE-190)
- USS Bangust
- USS Baron
- USS Booth
- USS Bostwick
- USS Breeman
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS McClelland on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from McClelland (DE-750) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: US Navy — https://www.navsource.net/archives/06/images/750/0675002.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons