USS Uhlmann

Fletcher-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy as USS Uhlmann22 November 1943 — 15 July 1972650 days of the war

Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Uhlmann
Namesake: Robert W. Uhlmann
Builder: Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
Laid down: 6 March 1943
Launched: 30 July 1943
Commissioned: 22 November 1943
Struck: 15 July 1972
Fate: Sold 21 March 1974, scrapped (1974)
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)
Complement: 329
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Uhlmann was a Fletcher-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Robert W. Uhlmann. Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island laid her keel on 6 March 1943. She entered service on 22 November 1943, having been launched on 30 July 1943.

173 ships of the class were built. 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 five 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 650 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 July 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 21 March 1974.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 60000 shp; 2 propellers
Armament: 5 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
10 × 40 mm guns
7 × 20 mm guns
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge racks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Uhlmann 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