USS Gansevoort (DD-608)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Gansevoort (DD-608) |
| Namesake: | Guert Gansevoort |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down: | 16 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 11 April 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 25 August 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 February 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate: | sunk as target, 23 March 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,620 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draught: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed: | 37.5 kts (69.5 km/h) |
| Complement: | 276 |
| Armament: | 4 x 5" (127 mm), 6 x 20mm, 5 x 21" (533 mm) tt., 6 dcp. |
USS Gansevoort (DD-608) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commodore Guert Gansevoort.
Gansevoort was laid down 16 June 1941 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California; launched 11 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Robert C. Sofio, wife of a great-grandnephew of Commodore Gansevoort; and commissioned at San Francisco 25 August 1942, Lieutenant Commander E. A. McFall in command.
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