USS Beatty (DD-756)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Frank Beatty |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island |
| Laid down: | 4 July 1944 |
| Launched: | 30 November 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 July 1972 |
| Struck: | 14 July 1972 |
| Fate: | To Venezuela 14 July 1972 |
| Career (Venezuela) | |
| Name: | Carabobo |
| Acquired: | 14 July 1972 |
| Struck: | 1981 |
| Fate: | Stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Allen M. Sumner class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement: | 336 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in./38 guns (12 cm), 12 × 40mm AA guns, 11 × 20mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Beatty (DD-756), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Frank Beatty.
The second Beatty (DD-756) was launched 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Mrs. Charles H. Drayton, daughter, and Miss Mary Drayton, granddaughter of Admiral Beatty; and commissioned 31 March 1945, Commander M. T. Munger in command.
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