USS Hall (DD-583)

History
United States
Name	USS Hall
Namesake	Elijah Hall
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	16 April 1942
Launched	18 July 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Greenleaf
Commissioned	6 July 1943
Decommissioned	10 December 1946
Stricken	1 September 1975
Identification	DD-583
Fate	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 9 February 1960
Greece
Name	Lonchi
Acquired	9 February 1960
Decommissioned	1 October 1990
Stricken	10 October 1990
Identification	D56
Fate	Scrapped, 1997
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal. guns 4 × 40 mm AA guns, 4 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Hall (DD-583) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Hall entered service in 1943 and deployed to the Pacific theater. Following the war, the ship was placed in reserve until 1959, when she was sold to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Lonchi. The destroyer remained in service with the Hellenic Navy until 1990 and was scrapped in 1997.