USS Winslow (DD-359)

History
United States
Name	Winslow
Namesake	Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow and Cameron McRae Winslow
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	18 December 1933
Launched	21 September 1936
Commissioned	17 February 1937
Decommissioned	28 June 1950
Stricken	5 December 1957
Identification	Hull number: DD-359/AG-127
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 23 February 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Porter-class destroyer
Displacement	1,850 tons
Length	381 ft (116 m)
Beam	36 ft 2 in (11.02 m)
Draught	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	238 officers and enlisted
Armament	As built: 2 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System 8 × 5-inch (127 mm)/38 cal. SP (4x2), 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x4) 8 × 1.1-inch (28 mm)/75 cal. AA (2x4) 2 × .50-caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 depth charge stern racks c. 1944: 1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System, 5 × 5-inch (127mm)/38 cal. DP (2x2,1x1), 16 × Bofors 40 mm AA (8x2), 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA (4x1), 2 × depth charge stern racks

USS Winslow (DD-359/AG-127) was a Porter-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1937 to 1950. She was scrapped in 1959. Winslow was the longest serving by far of all U.S. destroyers commissioned during the 1930s and the last by far to go to the ship breakers.