USS Buck (DD-420)
USS Buck (DD-420) |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| Launched: | 22 May 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1940 |
| Honors and awards: |
American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp, "A" device) European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (3 stars) World War II Victory Medal |
| Fate: | Sunk by U-616 9 October 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Sims-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std) 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full) |
| Length: | 348 ft, 3¼ in, (106.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft, 1 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft, 4.5 in (4.07 m) |
| Propulsion: | High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 horsepower |
| Speed: | 35 knots |
| Range: | 3,660 nautical miles at 20 kt (6,780 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 192 (10 officers/182 enlisted) |
| Armament: | 4 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts 4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts 2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges |
| Armor: | None |
The second USS Buck (DD-420), a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Quartermaster James Buck, a Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient.
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