USS Du Pont (DD-941)

Du Pont off the coast of Lebanon, 1982.
History
United States
Name	Du Pont
Namesake	Samuel Francis Du Pont
Ordered	30 July 1954
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	11 May 1955
Launched	8 September 1956
Acquired	21 June 1957
Commissioned	1 July 1957
Decommissioned	4 March 1983
Stricken	1 June 1990
Fate	Sold for scrap on 10 February 1999
General characteristics
Class and type	Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Displacement	2,800 tons standard. 4,050 tons full load.
Length	407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall.
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, General Electric steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52,000 kW) (52 MW); 2 × shafts.
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	15 officers, 218 enlisted.
Armament	3 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns 2 × mark 10/11 Hedgehogs 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tubes.

USS Du Pont (DD-941), named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont USN (1803–1865),^[1] was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. H. B. Du Pont, great-great-grandniece of Rear Admiral Du Pont; and commissioned 1 July 1957, Commander W. J. Maddocks in command.