History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Craven |
Namesake | Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 2 June 1935 |
Launched | 25 February 1937 |
Commissioned | 2 September 1937 |
Decommissioned | 19 April 1946 |
Identification | DD-382 |
Fate | Sold 2 October 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gridley-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1590 tons, 2219 tons full |
Length | 340 ft 10 in (103.89 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Propulsion | 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) Bethlehem geared turbines, 2 screws |
Speed | 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 158 |
Armament |
USS Craven (DD-382) was a Gridley-class destroyer commissioned in the United States Navy from 1937 to 1946. She served in the Pacific War and was scrapped in 1947.