Smalley
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Fletcher-class Destroyer |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA |
Laid Down | 9 Feb 1943 |
Launched | 27 Oct 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 Mar 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 Jan 1947 |
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 |
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Smalley Operational Timeline
31 Mar 1944 | Smalley was commissioned into service. |
1 Jan 1947 | Smalley was decommissioned from service. |
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1 Apr 2014 09:46:26 AM
My uncle "Bob" Robert Lee Martin served as radar man aboard the Smalley in 1944 & "45, he wasn't even 18 yet when they fired on Okinawa, he turned 18 on July 10th 1945, my Grandpa had to go with him & sign for him so he could join up ! He was still 17 & spotting enemy targets on his Radar !