USS Cushing (DD-797)

USS Cushing (DD-797)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Cushing.
Career (United States)
Namesake: William B. Cushing
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Staten Island
Laid down: 3 May 1943
Launched: 30 September 1943
Commissioned: 17 January 1944
Decommissioned: 8 November 1960
Struck: 1 August 1973
Fate: Transferred to Brazil, 20 July 1961
Career (Brazil)
Name: Paraná (D29)
Acquired: 20 July 1961
Struck: 1982
Fate: Scrapped, 1982
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);
geared turbines;
2 propellers
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 15 kt
(12,000 km at 30 km/h)
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 Cushing (DD-797) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the fourth Navy ship named for Commander William B. Cushing (1842–1874), who distinguished himself during the American Civil War.

Cushing was launched 30 September 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y.; sponsored by Miss Katherine A. Cushing, a daughter of Commander Cushing; and commissioned 17 January 1944, Commander Louis F. Volk in command.

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