USS Newcomb
Service
- as Newcomb10 November 1943 — 20 November 1945662 days of the war
- Name
- USS Newcomb
- Namesake
- Frank H. Newcomb
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 19 March 1943
- Launched
- 4 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 10 November 1943
- Decommissioned
- 20 November 1945
- Struck
- 28 March 1946
- Fate
- Scrapped, October 1947 (1947)
- 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)
USS Newcomb was a Fletcher-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Frank H. Newcomb. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard on 19 March 1943. She entered service on 10 November 1943, having been launched on 4 July 1943.
She was one of 173 ships of her class. 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 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 336. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 662 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 28 March 1946.
She was broken up for scrap in October 1947.
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
- 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
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Black
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Newcomb on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 85822 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons