USS Stormes
Service
- as Stormes27 January 1945 — 5 December 1970218 days of the war
- as Palang16 February 1972 — 1994
- Name
- USS Stormes
- Pennant / hull number
- DDG-9
- Namesake
- Max Clifford Stormes
- Builder
- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
- Laid down
- 15 February 1944
- Launched
- 4 November 1944
- Commissioned
- 27 January 1945
- Decommissioned
- 5 December 1970
- Struck
- 16 February 1972
- Fate
- Non-operational since 1994 to be scrapped (1994)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, standard
- 2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Stormes was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DDG-9. She was named for Max Clifford Stormes. Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle laid her keel on 15 February 1944. She entered service on 27 January 1945, having been launched on 4 November 1944.
She was one of 54 ships of her class. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,200 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as Stormes until 5 December 1970. She was in commission for 218 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 5 December 1970. She was struck from the register on 16 February 1972.
She was broken up for scrap in 1994.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 60000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
- 12 × 40 mm guns
- 11 × 20 mm cannons
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge tracks
- 6 × depth charge projectors
As Palang, 1989
- Displacement, standard
- 2,388 long tons (2,426 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 12.5 m (41 ft)
- Draught
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 3,740 nmi (6,926 km)
- Complement
- 290
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Propulsion
- 60000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × Standard SM-1MR SAM launchers with 8 missiles
- 4 × 5 in/38 DP guns
- 4 × 14.5 mm AA guns
- 6 × 12.75 in Mk 32 torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedo
- 2 × Hedgehog Mk 10 ASW mortars
- Aircraft
- 1 × Agusta AB 204AS helicopter
Sister ships
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham
- USS Allen M. Sumner
- USS Ault
- USS Barton (DD-722)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Borie (DD-704)
- USS Bristol (DD-857)
- USS Brush
- USS Charles S. Sperry
- USS Collett
- USS Compton
- USS Cooper
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Douglas H. Fox
- USS Drexler
- USS English
- USS Frank E. Evans
- USS Gainard
- USS Hank
- USS Harlan R. Dickson
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Stormes on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo K-61836 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons