&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Mitscher_(DDG-35)_underway_at_sea_in_the_1970s.jpg) USS Mitscher (DDG-35) in the 1970s
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Namesake | Marc "Pete" Mitscher |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 3 October 1949 |
| Launched | 26 January 1952 |
| Acquired | 8 May 1953 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 1978 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1978 |
| Motto | Audete Imperio |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, July 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mitscher class destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,271 tons (std) – 5,281 tons (full) |
| Length | 493 ft (150 m) o.a. |
| Beam | 49 ft 9+1⁄4 in (15.170 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 11+3⁄8 in (6.385 m) |
| Propulsion | (4) 1,200 psi Foster Wheeler boilers, (2) GE steam propulsion turbines, (2) shafts, 60,000 combined shaft horsepower (44.742 MW) |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nm @ 20 knots (7,400 km @ 37 km/h) |
| Complement | 337 |
| Armament | (1) Mk 13 Tartar SAM system (40 missiles), (2) Mk 42 5"/54 (127 mm/54) cal gun mounts, (1) Mk 16 ASROC launcher w/ reloads, (6) Mk 32 12.75" (324 mm) torpedo tubes (3 tubes per launcher) |
| Aircraft carried | None |
USS Mitscher (DL-2/DDG-35), named for Admiral Marc "Pete" Mitscher USN (1887–1947), was the lead ship of her class of destroyer leaders of the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1953, she was later converted to a guided missile destroyer, and served until 1978. She was sold for scrap in 1980.