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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Longshaw |
| Namesake | William Longshaw, Jr. |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 16 June 1942 |
| Launched | 4 June 1943 |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1943 |
| Fate | Scuttled after running aground and receiving heavy shore fire south of Naha, 18 May 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement | 273 |
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USS Longshaw (DD-559), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Dr. William Longshaw, Jr. (1836–1865), who served in the Navy and was killed during the Civil War.
Longshaw was laid down 16 June 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Wash.; launched 4 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Ella Mae Richards; and commissioned on 4 December 1943. She was lost to shore fire off Naha after grounding on a reef, on 18 May 1945.