USS Stanly
Service
- 15 October 1942 — 15 January 19471,053 days of the war
- Name
- USS Stanly
- Namesake
- Fabius Stanly/Fabius Stenly
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 15 September 1941
- Launched
- 2 May 1942
- Commissioned
- 15 October 1942
- Decommissioned
- 15 January 1947
- Struck
- 1 December 1970
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Stanly was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Fabius Stanly/Fabius Stenly. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard on 15 September 1941. She entered service on 15 October 1942, having been launched on 2 May 1942.
She was one of 173 ships of her class. 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 of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,053 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 January 1947. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1970.
She was broken up for scrap in 1972.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
- 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
- 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × single depth charge throwers
- 2 × depth charge racks
Sister ships
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Black
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Stanly on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy Burea of Ships photo 19-N-48591 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons