USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Willard Keith |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro |
| Laid down: | 5 March 1944 |
| Launched: | 29 August 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 27 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 July 1972 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1972 |
| Motto: | Per Angusta Ad Augusta, Latin for "By Narrow Paths to High Places" |
| Fate: | To Colombia 1 July 1972 |
| Career (Colombia) | |
| Name: | Caldas (DD-02) |
| Acquired: | 1 July 1972 |
| Struck: | 1977 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1977 |
| 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 |
USS Willard Keith (DD-775), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is currently the only completed ship of the United States Navy ever named for Willard Keith, a United States Marine Corps captain who died in combat during the campaign for Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions. Willard Keith (DD-775) was laid down on 5 March 1944 at San Pedro, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith; and commissioned two days after Christmas of 1944, Comdr. Lewis L. Snyder in command.
Read more about USS Willard Keith (DD-775): Cancelled Ships, World War II, 1946, 1947-1949, 1950-1952, 1953-1954, 1955-1977
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