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- Code Number:
- MYNV17P05_01
- Title:
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Fletcher Class Destroyer, USN, United States Navy, USS Braine (DD-630), April 1971
- Namesake: Daniel L. Braine
Builder: Bath Iron Works Laid down: 12/10/1942 Launched: 7/03/1943 Commissioned: 11/04/1943 Decommissioned: 17/08/1971 Struck: 17/08/1971 Motto: Combat Ready Fate: transferred to Argentina, 17/08/1971
Career (Argentina) Name: Almirante Domecq Garcia (D23) Commissioned: 17/08/1971 Decommissioned: 30/11/1982 Struck: 30/11/1982 Fate: Sunk as a target, 19/11/1986
Class and type: Fletcher class destroyer Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 114.7 meters (376 feet 6 in) Beam: 12.1 meters (39 feet 8 in) Draft: 5.4 meters (17 feet 9 in) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h) Range: 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt Complement: 329
Armament: 5 5 in./38 guns (127 mm), 4 40 mm AA guns, 4 20 mm AA guns, 10 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks
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