USS Holder (DD-819)

USS Holder
History
United States
Name	USS Holder
Namesake	Randolph M. Holder
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	23 April 1945
Launched	25 August 1945
Commissioned	18 May 1946
Decommissioned	1 October 1976
Reclassified	DDE-819, 4 March 1950 DD-819, 7 August 1962
Stricken	1 October 1976
Fate	Transferred to Ecuador, 23 February 1977
History
Ecuador
Name	BAE Presidente Eloy Alfaro
Namesake	Eloy Alfaro
Acquired	23 February 1977
Stricken	1991
Fate	Broken up for scrap, 1991
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft	14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 11 × 20 mm AA guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Holder (DD/DDE-819) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant (jg) Randolph Mitchell Holder, a Navy pilot who was killed during the Battle of Midway.

Holder was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, on 25 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Annette Holder, mother of Lieutenant (j.g.) Holder; and commissioned on 18 May 1946 at Orange, Texas, Comdr. Barry K. Atkins in command.