USS Cushing (DD-797)
Career (United States) | |
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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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