The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

USS Gridley (DD-380)-- Part 2: General Characteristics

LAUNCHED:    1 December 1936

COMMISSIONED:   24 June 1937

DECOMMISSIONED:   18 April 1946

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

LENGTH:  340 feet 10 inches

BEAM:  35 feet 10 inches

DRAFT:   12 feet 9 inches

SPEED:  38.5 knots

COMPLEMENT:  158

ARMAMENT:

four 5-inch guns, four .50 caliber machine guns, sixteen 21-inch torpedo tubes

--GreGen


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