History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 15 July 1937 |
Launched | 8 April 1939 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William S. Sims |
Commissioned | 1 August 1939 |
Stricken | 24 June 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft in Battle of Coral Sea on 7 May 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sims-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 348 ft, 3¼ in, (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft, 1 in (11 m) |
Draft | 13 ft, 4.5 in (4.07 m) |
Propulsion | High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 horsepower |
Speed | 35 knots |
Range | 3,660 nautical miles at 20 kt (6,780 km at 37 km/h) |
Complement | 192 (10 officers/182 enlisted) |
Armament |
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Armor | None |
USS Sims (DD-409) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship to be named for William Sims, an Admiral who pushed for the modernization of the Navy.[1]