USS Bache (DD-470)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | George M. Bache |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Staten Island |
| Laid down: | 19 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 7 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 14 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 March 1968 |
| Struck: | 1 March 1968 |
| Fate: | Wrecked off Rhodes, 6 February 1968 |
| 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 (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 Bache (DD/DDE-470), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was second ship of the United States Navy of that name. DD-470 was named for Commander George M. Bache.
Bache was launched 7 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y.; sponsored by Miss Louise Bache, daughter of Commander Bache; and commissioned 14 November 1942, Commander J. N. Opie, III, in command.
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