Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer

USS Wiley

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Wiley
U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-80801 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Wiley (DD-597) off the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), on 15 March 1945. Wiley was the last commissioned Fletcher -classs destroyer, being commissioned on 22 February 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy22 February 1945 — 15 May 1946192 days of the war
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Wiley
Namesake
William Wiley
Builder
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down
10 August 1943
Launched
25 September 1944
Commissioned
22 February 1945
Decommissioned
15 May 1946
Struck
1 May 1968
Fate
Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 (1970)
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 Wiley was a Fletcher-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after William Wiley. Her keel was laid at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 10 August 1943. Launched on 25 September 1944, she entered service on 22 February 1945.

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

She was in commission for 192 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 May 1968.

She was broken up for scrap on 2 April 1970.

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 × 5 in guns
  • 4 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 4 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Wiley on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-80801 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons