Sims on 26 August 1944
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sims |
Namesake | William Sims |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia |
Laid down | 7 September 1942 |
Launched | 6 February 1943 |
Commissioned | 24 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 24 April 1946 |
Reclassified | APD-50, 7 September 1944 |
Stricken | 1 June 1960 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 14 April 1961 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USS Sims (DE-154/APD-50) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1961.