USS Wilson
Service
- as Wilson5 July 1939 — 29 August 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Wilson
- Namesake
- Charles Wilson
- Builder
- Puget Sound Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 22 March 1937
- Launched
- 12 April 1939
- Commissioned
- 5 July 1939
- Decommissioned
- 29 August 1946
- Struck
- 5 April 1948
- Fate
- Sunk off Kwajalein on 8 March 1948, after atomic testing (1948)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,250 long tons (2,286 t)
- Length
- 103.63 m (340 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h, 44.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 251
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Wilson was a Benham-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Charles Wilson. Her keel was laid at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 22 March 1937. Launched on 12 April 1939, she entered service on 5 July 1939.
Her class ran to ten ships. The class followed the Somers-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Sims-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,250 long tons. She measured 103.6 m (340 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 38.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 251.
Her main battery was four 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 August 1946. She was struck from the register on 5 April 1948.
She was expended as a target on 8 March 1948. The wreck survives.
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
- Westinghouse geared turbines
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × 5 in/38 guns
- 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
- 16 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Wilson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons