USS Southerland
Service
- as USS Southerland22 December 1944 — 26 February 1981254 days of the war
- Name
- USS Southerland
- Namesake
- William Henry Hudson Southerland
- Builder
- Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
- Laid down
- 27 May 1944
- Launched
- 5 October 1944
- Commissioned
- 22 December 1944
- Decommissioned
- 26 February 1981
- Struck
- 23 February 1981
- Fate
- Sunk as a target, 2 August 1997 (1997)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
- Length
- 118.87 m (390 ft)
- Beam
- 12.5 m (41 ft)
- Draught
- 5.49 m (18 ft)
- Speed
- 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h, 39.7 mph)
- Complement
- 367
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Southerland was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for William Henry Hudson Southerland. Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine laid her keel on 27 May 1944. Launched on 5 October 1944, she entered service on 22 December 1944.
Her class ran to 55 ships. The class followed the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Norfolk class.
Displacement was 2,425 long tons. She measured 118.9 m (390 ft) long with a beam of 12.5 m (41 ft). Her designed speed was 34.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 367.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 254 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 February 1981. She was struck from the register on 23 February 1981.
She was expended as a target on 2 August 1997. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 5 in/38 caliber guns
- 16 × 40 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abner Read (DD-769)
- USS Benner (DD-807)
- USS Bordelon
- USS Charles P. Cecil
- USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)
- USS Chevalier (DD-805)
- USS Corry (DD-817)
- USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808)
- USS Duncan (DD-874)
- USS Dyess
- USS Eugene A. Greene
- USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
- USS Floyd B. Parks
- USS Frank Knox
- USS Fred T. Berry
- USS Furse
- USS Gearing
- USS George K. MacKenzie
- USS Goodrich
- USS Gurke
- USS Gyatt
- USS Hanson
- USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864)
- USS Hawkins
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Southerland on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-30278 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons