USS William D. Porter (DD-579)

Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS William D. Porter
Pennant / hull number: DD-579
Namesake: William D. Porter
Builder: Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down: 7 May 1942
Launched: 27 September 1942
Commissioned: 6 July 1943
Struck: 11 July 1945
Fate: Sunk by kamikazes, 10 June 1945
By aircraft (1945)
Status: Wreck

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: 273
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS William D. Porter was a Fletcher-class destroyer. She carried the pennant number DD-579. She was named for William D. Porter. Her keel was laid at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas on 7 May 1942. She entered service on 6 July 1943, having been launched on 27 September 1942.

She was one of 173 ships of her class. 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 273.

Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She was struck from the register on 11 July 1945.

She was sunk on 10 June 1945 by aircraft, at 27°09′N 127°25′E. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Armament: 5 × 5 in./38 guns (127 mm)
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 William D. Porter (DD-579) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 97804 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons