Morris in October 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia |
Laid down | 7 June 1938 |
Launched | 1 June 1939 |
Commissioned | 5 March 1940 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Sold on 2 August 1947, scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sims-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 348 ft 3+1⁄4 in (106.2 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.0 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 4.5 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 3,660 nmi (6,780 km; 4,210 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 192 (10 officers/182 enlisted) |
Armament |
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USS Morris (DD-417), a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Commodore Charles Morris. She was among the most decorated US Naval vessels of World War II.