USS Doran on 1 March 1943, location unknown.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Doran |
Namesake | John James Doran |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 14 June 1941 |
Launched | 10 December 1941 |
Commissioned | 4 August 1942 |
Identification | DD-634 |
Reclassified | DMS-41, 30 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 29 January 1947 |
Stricken | 15 January 1972 |
Fate | Sold 27 August 1973 and broken up for scrap. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)[1] |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Doran (DD-634), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Medal of Honor recipient John James Doran.
Doran was launched on 10 December 1941 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. P. J. Hurley sister of Chief Master-at-Arms Doran, and commissioned on 4 August 1942.