USS Stephen Potter
Service
- 21 October 1943 — 21 April 1958682 days of the war
- Name
- USS Stephen Potter
- Namesake
- Stephen Potter
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
- Laid down
- 27 October 1942
- Launched
- 28 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 21 October 1943
- Decommissioned
- 21 April 1958
- Struck
- 1 December 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973 (1973)
- 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 Stephen Potter was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Stephen Potter. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California on 27 October 1942. She entered service on 21 October 1943, having been launched on 28 April 1943.
Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 682 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 April 1958. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 27 November 1973.
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 Stephen Potter 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