USS Boyd (DD-544)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Joseph Boyd |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 2 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 29 October 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 8 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 1969 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1969 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 |
| Career (Turkey) | |
| Name: | Iskenderun (D-343) |
| Acquired: | 1 October 1969 |
| Struck: | 1981 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement: | 329 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns, 10 × 40 mm AA guns, 7 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Boyd (DD-544) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Joseph Boyd, who took part in Stephen Decatur's expedition into Tripoli harbor during the First Barbary War.
Boyd was launched 29 October 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, California, sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Styer, wife of Captain Styer, and commissioned 8 May 1943, Lieutenant Commander Ulysses S. G. Sharp, Jr. in command.
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