USS Converse (DD-509)
USS Converse (DD-509) viewed from USS Miami (CL-89), 10 June 1944. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | George A. Converse |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 23 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 30 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 20 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1972 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Spain, 1 July 1959 |
| Career (Spain) | |
| Name: | Almirante Valdés (D23) |
| Acquired: | 1 July 1959 |
| Struck: | 17 November 1986 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1988 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) |
| 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: | 336 |
| 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 Converse (DD-509), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for George A. Converse (1844–1909).
Converse was launched 30 August 1942 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss A. V. Jackson; and commissioned 20 November 1942, Commander D. C. E. Hamberger in command.
Read more about USS Converse (DD-509): Solomon Islands, May 1943 – March 1944, Central Pacific, March – August 1944, Philippines and Okinawa, November 1944 – August 1945, Almirante Valdés (D23)
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