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United States Navy — Destroyer DD-576

USS Murray (DD-576)

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Murray (DD-576)
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-576 Broadside view of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Murray (DD-576) off Mare Island, California (USA), on 8 January 1945. She was in overhaul at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard from 24 November 1944 until 12 January 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Murray20 April 1943 — 1966866 days of the war
Full service history About 1,324 words
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Murray
Pennant / hull number
DD-576
Namesake
Capt. Alexander Murray and his grandson Rear Adm. Alexander Murray
Builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down
16 March 1942
Launched
16 August 1942
Commissioned
20 April 1943
Fate
Sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Company, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1966 (1966)
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
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

(DD‑576: dp. 2,700; l. 376'2"; b. 39'8"; dr. 13'; s. 35 k.; cpl. 273; a. 5 5", 10 40mm., 7 20mm., 10 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. Fletcher )

The first Murray retained her former name; the second two were named for Capt. Alexander Murray and his grandson Rear Adm. Alexander Murray.

The elder Alexander Murray was born 12 July 1755 in Chestertown, Md. During the Revolution, he served as captain in the 1st Maryland Regiment, commanded several privateers, and was commissioned lieutenant in the Continental Navy 20 July 1781, returning to private life in 1785. Upon the organization of the U.S. Navy, Murray was commissioned captain 1 July 1798, and commanded Montezuma, Insurgente, and Constellation during the quasi‑war with France; Constellation against the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean 1801‑1803; and Adams in home waters in 1805. From 1808 until his death 6 October 1821, Murray was superintendent of gunboats at Philadelphia, and from 8 July 1813 also was first commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Continue to the full service history About 1,324 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Murray III (DD-576)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60000 shp; 2 propellers
Armament
  • 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
  • 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × single depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge racks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Murray (DD-576) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Murray III (DD-576) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons