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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P14_06.1705
- Title:
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destroyer, USS Porterfield (DD-682), Fletcher-class destroyer, United States Navy, Unrep, USN
- Namesake: Lewis B. Porterfield
Keel Laid down: 12/12/1942 Launched: 13/06/1943 Commissioned: 30/10/1943 Decommissioned: 07/11/1969 Struck: 01/03/1975 Fate: Sunk as a target, 18/07/1982 Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 114.73 meters (376 feet 5 inches) Beam: 12.07 meters (39 feet 7 inches) Draft: 15.41 meters (7 feet 9 inches) Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45,000 kW), geared turbines, 2x ships propellers Speed: 70 km/h (38 knots) Range: 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement: 329 people Armament: 5 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 10 40mm Anti-aircraft guns 7 20mm Anti-aircraft guns 10 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes 6 depth charge projectors 2 depth charge tracks
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Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Charles Hemphill
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