USS Borie (DD-704)
USS Borie (DD-704) wearing camouflage paint, date and location unknown. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Adolph E. Borie |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down: | 29 February 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 21 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 July 1972 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1972 |
| Fate: | To Argentina 1 July 1972 |
| Career (Argentina) | |
| Name: | Hipólito Bouchard (D-26) |
| Namesake: | Hippolyte de Bouchard |
| Acquired: | 1 July 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | 1984 |
| Struck: | 1984 |
| Fate: | Broken up for scrap 1984 |
| 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 |
The USS Borie (DD-704), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Adolph E. Borie, Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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