USS Norman Scott

Fletcher-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy as USS Norman Scott5 November 1943 — 30 April 1946667 days of the war

Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Norman Scott
Namesake: Norman Scott
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 26 April 1943
Launched: 28 August 1943
Commissioned: 5 November 1943
Decommissioned: 30 April 1946
Struck: 15 April 1973
Fate: Sold for scrap 3 December 1973 (1973)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length: 114.73 m (376.4 ft)
Beam: 12.07 m (39.6 ft)
Draught: 4.21 m (13.8 ft)
Speed: 38 knots (70.4 km/h, 43.7 mph)
Range: 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement: 329
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Norman Scott was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Norman Scott. Bath Iron Works laid her keel on 26 April 1943. She entered service on 5 November 1943, having been launched on 28 August 1943.

Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.

She displaced 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.7 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.1 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 38 knots, and she carried a complement of 329.

Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 667 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 April 1946. She was struck from the register on 15 April 1973.

She was broken up for scrap on 3 December 1973.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 60000 shp
2 propellers
Armament: 5 × 5 in/38 guns
10 × 40 mm AA guns
7 × 20 mm AA guns
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Norman Scott on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 73367 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons