USS Doyle (DMS-34)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 26 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 17 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 27 January 1943 |
| Reclassified: | DMS-34, 23 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 May 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1970 |
| Fate: | Sold 6 October 1972 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,630 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion: |
50,000 shp (37 MW)
|
| Speed: | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 kn (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/ 38 cal dual purpose guns, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Doyle (DD-494/DMS-34), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richard Doyle, who fought during the Barbary Wars, and died while in service in 1807.
Doyle was launched 17 March 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. C. M. Maloney; and commissioned 27 January 1943, Lieutenant Commander C. E. Boyd in command.
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