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

USS Phelps

Porter-class destroyer

USS Phelps
Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-73964 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Phelps (DD-360) off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina (USA), about November 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D. Phelps arrived from the Pacific theater at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina (USA), for a major refit on 2 August 1944. During the three-months refit, she received a new bridge with a Mk 37 gun director, three new 127 m

Service

  1. United States Navy26 February 1936 — 6 November 19452,193 days of the war
Porter-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Phelps
Namesake
Thomas Stowell Phelps
Builder
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down
2 January 1934
Launched
18 July 1935
Commissioned
26 February 1936
Decommissioned
6 November 1945
Struck
28 January 1947
Fate
Sold 10 August 1947, scrapped (1947)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,805 long tons (1,834 t)
Length
115.82 m (380 ft)
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
Complement
276
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Phelps was a Porter-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Thomas Stowell Phelps. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 2 January 1934. Launched on 18 July 1935, she entered service on 26 February 1936.

Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Farragut-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Mahan-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,805 long tons. She measured 115.8 m (380 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 276. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 6 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 28 January 1947.

She was broken up for scrap on 10 August 1947.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Armament
  • As built:
  • 1 × Mk35 Gun Fire Control System
  • 8 × 5" (127mm)/38cal SP (4x2)
  • 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4)
  • 2 × Depth Charge stern racks
  • c1944:
  • 1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System
  • 5 × 5"(127mm)/38cal DP (2x2,1x1)
  • 1 × Mk51 Gun Director
  • 4 × Bofors 40mm AA (1x4)
  • 8 × Oerlikon 20mm AA (8x1)
  • 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes 2x4
  • 2 × Depth Charge stern racks

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Phelps on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-73964 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons