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United States Navy — Destroyer DD-758

USS Strong (DD-758)

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS Strong (DD-758)
PHCM Louis P. Bodine, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 107152 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-758 The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Strong (DD-758) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 21 May 1968.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Strong8 March 1945 — 31 October 1973178 days of the war
  2. Brazilian Navy as Rio Grande do Norte31 October 1973 — 1996
Full service history About 1,111 words
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Strong
Pennant / hull number
DD-758
Namesake
James H. Strong
Builder
Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco
Laid down
25 July 1943
Launched
23 April 1944
Commissioned
8 March 1945
Decommissioned
31 October 1973
Struck
31 October 1973
Fate
Reportedly sunk in high seas in 1997 off the coast of Durban, South Africa, while she was under tow from Brazil to India to be scrapped (1997)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

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)

James H. Strong, born in Canandaigua, N.Y., on 26 April 1814, was appointed a midshipman in the Navy while he was a student in the Polytechnic College at Chittenango, N.Y., on 2 February 1829. He made his first cruise on the Brazil station in Lexington from 1833 to 1835. After various cruises, he commanded the store ship Relief in 1859.

Strong was promoted to commander in April 1861 and commanded Mohawk and Flag in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1861 and 1862 and Monon gahela in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron from 1863 to 1865. At the Battle of Mobile Bay, he was the first to ram the Confederate ironclad Tennessee and received high commendation for his initiative and valor.

Strong served at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1866 and 1867 and later commanded Canandaigua in the Mediterranean Squadron in 1869 and 1870. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1873 and served as Commander-in-Chief of the South Atlantic Squadron from 1873 to 1875. Strong retired on 25 April 1876.

Continue to the full service history About 1,111 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Strong II (DD-758)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60000 shp
  • 2 propellers
Armament
  • 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Strong (DD-758) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Strong II (DD-758) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: PHCM Louis P. Bodine, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 107152 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons