Gridley
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Gridley-class Destroyer |
Builder | Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard |
Laid Down | 3 Jun 1935 |
Launched | 1 Dec 1936 |
Commissioned | 24 Jun 1937 |
Decommissioned | 18 Apr 1946 |
Displacement | 1,860 tons standard; 2,219 tons full |
Length | 341 feet |
Beam | 36 feet |
Draft | 13 feet |
Machinery | Bethlehem geared turbines with two screws |
Power Output | 50,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 38 knots |
Range | 6,500nm at 12 knots |
Crew | 158 |
Armament | 4x5" anti-aircraft, 4x0.5" machine guns, 16x21" torpedo tubes |
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24 Jun 1937 | Gridley was commissioned into service. |
28 Oct 1944 | Destroyer USS Helm, assisted by destroyer USS Gridley and TBF Avenger aircraft from carrier USS Belleau Wood, sinks either Japanese submarine I-46 or I-54, 100 miles east of Samar, Philippines. [Both I-46 and I-54 were lost the same day in the same area so there is some uncertainty, but I-46 is more likely.] |
18 Apr 1946 | Gridley was decommissioned from service. |
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