USS Swanson
Service
- as Swanson29 May 1941 — 10 December 19451,558 days of the war
- Name
- USS Swanson
- Namesake
- Claude A. Swanson
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 15 November 1939
- Launched
- 2 November 1940
- Commissioned
- 29 May 1941
- Decommissioned
- 10 December 1945
- Struck
- 1 March 1971
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 29 June 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,630 long tons (1,656 t)
- Length
- 106.07 m (348 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 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
- 216
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Swanson was a Gleaves-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Claude A. Swanson. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard on 15 November 1939. She entered service on 29 May 1941, having been launched on 2 November 1940.
She was one of 66 ships of her class. The class followed the Benson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Fletcher-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,630 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 216.
Her main battery was four 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,558 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 1 March 1971.
She was broken up for scrap on 29 June 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
- 50000 shp
- 4 boilers
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × 5 in DP guns
- 6 × 0.5 in guns
- 6 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
- USS Baldwin
- USS Beatty (DD-640)
- USS Bristol (DD-453)
- USS Buchanan (DD-484)
- USS Butler
- USS Carmick
- USS Corry (DD-463)
- USS Cowie
- USS Davison
- USS Doran (DD-634)
- USS Doyle (DMS-34)
- USS Duncan (DD-485)
- USS Earle
- USS Eberle
- USS Edison (DD-439)
- USS Edwards (DD-619)
- USS Ellyson
- USS Emmons
- USS Endicott
- USS Ericsson (DD-440)
- USS Fitch
- USS Forrest
- USS Frankford
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Swanson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy, taken by a USS Ranger (CV-4) photographer. — Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-30227 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons