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

USS McNair

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS McNair
USN — Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 107189 , from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command available at Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS McNair (DD-679) underway while entering or leaving port, circa the later 1950s or early 1960s.

Service

  1. United States Navy30 December 1943 — 30 December 1963614 days of the war
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS McNair
Namesake
Frederick V. McNair, Sr.
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
Laid down
30 June 1943
Launched
14 November 1943
Commissioned
30 December 1943
Decommissioned
30 December 1963
Struck
1 December 1974
Fate
Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976 (1976)
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 McNair was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Frederick V. McNair. Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. laid her keel on 30 June 1943. Launched on 14 November 1943, she entered service on 30 December 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.

Displacement was 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 614 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 December 1963. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1974.

She was broken up for scrap on 10 June 1976.

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 cal guns
  • 10 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 7 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge racks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS McNair on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 107189 , from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command available at Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons