USS Beale (DD-471)
USS Beale (DD-471) Underway in harbor, 27 October 1964. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Beale |
| Namesake: | Edward Fitzgerald Beale |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Staten Island |
| Laid down: | 19 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 23 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1968 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1968 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target, 24 June 1969 |
| 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 Beale (DD/DDE-471), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893).
Beale was laid down on 19 December 1941 at Staten Island, N.Y., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 24 August 1942; sponsored by Miss Nancy Beale, a great-grandniece of LT Beale; and commissioned on 23 December 1942 at the New York Navy Yard, Commander Joe B. Cochran in command.
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