Wedderburn
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Fletcher-class Destroyer |
Builder | Bethlehem San Francisco Shipyard |
Laid Down | 10 Jan 1943 |
Launched | 1 Aug 1943 |
Commissioned | 9 Mar 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 Mar 1946 |
Displacement | 2,924 tons full |
Length | 376 feet |
Beam | 40 feet |
Draft | 14 feet |
Machinery | Gear turbines with two screws |
Power Output | 60,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 38 knots |
Range | 6,500nm at 15 knots |
Crew | 273 |
Armament | 5x5" guns, 4x1.1" anti-aircraft, 4x20mm anti-aircraft, 10x21" torpedo tubes |
Second Commission | 21 Nov 1950 |
Second Decommission | 1969 |
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9 Mar 1944 | Wedderburn was commissioned into service. |
18 Dec 1944 | Many ships from the United States Third Fleet, Task Force 38 sailed into Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea. Three destroyers and 790 men were lost. |
1 Mar 1946 | Wedderburn was decommissioned from service. |
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