


McCall
Country | United States |
Ship Class | Gridley-class Destroyer |
Builder | Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard |
Laid Down | 17 Mar 1936 |
Launched | 20 Nov 1937 |
Commissioned | 22 Jun 1938 |
Decommissioned | 30 Nov 1945 |
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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McCall Operational Timeline
22 Jun 1938 | McCall was commissioned into service. |
27 Dec 1942 | Escort carriers USS Nassau and USS Altamaha escorted by cruisers USS St. Louis and HMS Achilles with destroyers USS Nicholas, USS McCalla, USS McCall, and USS Craven departed Nouméa, New Caledonia bound for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. |
30 Dec 1942 | Escort carriers USS Nassau and USS Altamaha escorted by cruisers USS St. Louis and HMS Achilles with destroyers USS Nicholas, USS McCalla, USS McCall, and USS Craven arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. |
30 Nov 1945 | McCall was decommissioned from service. |
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