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- Code Number:
- MYNPCD2931_048
- Title:
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Gun Turret, USS Cassin Young (DD-793) at Charlestown Navy Yard
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California
Laid down: 18 March 1943 Launched: 12 September 1943 Sponsored by: Mrs. C. Young Commissioned: 31 December 1943 - 28 May 1946 8 September 1951 - 29 April 1960 Struck: 1 December 1974 Honors and awards: Navy Unit Commendation ribbon Navy Unit Commendation Gold Lifesaving Medal ribbon Gold Lifesaving Medal Status: Museum ship at the former Charleston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. In dry dock as of July, 2011 Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 114.7 meters (376.4 feet) Beam: 312.1 meters (9.6 feet) Draft: 4.2 meters (13.8 feet) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45,000 kW), 2x propellers Machinery: 2-shaft General Electric Turbines, 4-Babcock & Wilcox Boilers Fuel Oil Capacity: 492 tons Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) Range: 12,000 km (6,500 nmi; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement: 325 Armament: 5 130 mm (5 inch)/38 cal guns, 10 40 mm AA guns, 7 20 mm AA guns, 10 530 mm (21 inches) torpedo tubes USS Cassin Young (DD-793) is a World War II Fletcher class destroyer. It was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in San Pedro, California.
- Keywords:
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Boston, Architecture, Structures, Scenics, USA, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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