French cruiser De Grasse

De Grasse

De Grasse at the International Fleet Review in Hampton Roads, United States on 26 June 1957.
History
France
Name	De Grasse
Namesake	François Joseph Paul de Grasse
Builder	Lorient
Laid down	1939
Launched	11 September 1946
Commissioned	10 September 1956
Decommissioned	1973
Stricken	25 January 1974
Fate	Scrapped 1974
General characteristics
Type	Cruiser
Displacement	9,389 t (9,241 long tons) standard, 12,350 t (12,155 long tons) full load
Length	188.3 m (617 ft 9 in)
Beam	21.5 m (70 ft 6 in) 18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) w/l
Draft	5.54 m (18 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 × Rateau turbine groups from Chantiers de Bretagne, 52,500 hp (39,149 kW) each 4 × boilers
Speed	33.8 knots (62.6 km/h; 38.9 mph)
Complement	70 officers 160 warrant officers 750 men
Armament	8 × twin turrets 127 mm AA 10 × twin-turrets 57mm/60 mle 51 (later removed)
Armour	Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in) Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in) Bulkheads: 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) Torpedo bulkhead: 20 mm (0.79 in)

De Grasse was an anti-aircraft cruiser of the French Navy. She was the first French vessel named in honour of François Joseph Paul, Marquis de Grasse Tilly, Comte de Grasse. From 1965 to 1971, she was involved in the nuclear test campaigns in the Pacific.