USS Ordronaux

Benson-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy as USS Ordronaux (DD-617)13 February 1943 — 27 March 1946932 days of the war

Benson-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Ordronaux
Namesake: John Ordronaux
Builder: Fore River Shipyard
Laid down: 25 July 1942
Launched: 9 November 1942
Commissioned: 13 February 1943
Decommissioned: 27 March 1946
Struck: 1 July 1971
Fate: Scrapped in 1973 (1973)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,620 long tons (1,646 t)
Length: 106.07 m (348 ft)
Beam: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught: 3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed: 37.6 knots (69.6 km/h, 43.3 mph)
Complement: 276
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Ordronaux was a Benson-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for John Ordronaux. Her keel was laid at Fore River Shipyard on 25 July 1942. Launched on 9 November 1942, she entered service on 13 February 1943.

30 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sims-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gleaves-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,620 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37.6 knots, and she carried a complement of 276.

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

She was in commission for 932 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1971.

She was broken up for scrap in 1973.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament: 4 × 5 in/38 guns, 4 × 40 mm, 5 × 21" (533 mm) tt.

Sister ships

5 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Ordronaux on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy Division of Naval Intelligence photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons