USS Aulick (DD-569)
USS Aulick (DD-569), 24 Feb 1945, off Mare Island |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Aulick (DD-569) |
| Namesake: | John H. Aulick |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down: | 14 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 2 March 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Thaddeus A. Thomson |
| Commissioned: | 27 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1975 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 21 August 1959 |
| Career (Greece) | |
| Name: | Sfendoni (D-85) |
| Acquired: | 21 August 1959 |
| Struck: | 1991 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1997 |
| 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 nm @ 15 kn (12,000 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 329 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in/38 cal guns (127 mm), 4 × 40 mm AA guns, 4 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Aulick (DD-569) was an American Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore John H. Aulick (1787–1873).
Aulick was laid down on 14 May 1941 at Orange, Tex., by the Consolidated Steel Corporation; launched on 2 March 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Thaddeus A. Thomson, the wife of Captain Thaddeus A. Thomson who was then the acting commandant of the 8th Naval District; and commissioned on 27 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander O. P. Thomas, Jr., in command.
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