USS Rowe

Fletcher-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy13 March 1944 — 1 December 1974538 days of the war

Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Rowe
Namesake: John Rowe
Builder: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down: 7 December 1942
Launched: 30 September 1943
Commissioned: 13 March 1944
Struck: 1 December 1974
Fate: Sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico on 23 February 1978 (1978)
Status: Wreck

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: 329
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Rowe was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for John Rowe. Her keel was laid at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on 7 December 1942. Launched on 30 September 1943, she entered service on 13 March 1944.

173 ships of the class were built. 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 114.6 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 329.

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

She was in commission for 538 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1974.

She was expended as a target on 23 February 1978. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Armament: 5 × 5 in
4 × 40 mm AA guns
4 × 20 mm AA guns
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

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