USS Baldwin (DD-624)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 19 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 14 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 June 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1961 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 5 June 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,630 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Propulsion: |
50,000 shp (37 MW)
|
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles @ 12 kn (12,000 km @ 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose guns 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machineguns, 4 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2×2), 7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (5×1), 5× 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes (1x5; 5 Mark 15 torpedos), 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
The USS Baldwin (DD-624), was a United States Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, in service from 1943 to 1946. She was the only ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Charles H. Baldwin, an 1864 Medal of Honor recipient.
Baldwin was laid down on 19 July 1941 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; launched on 14 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Ida E. Crawford, daughter of Acting Master's Mate Baldwin; commissioned on 30 April 1943, Lieutenant Commander George Knuepfer in command, and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet.
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