_off_Sydney,_Australia,_in_1970.jpg) USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Arnold J. Isbell |
| Namesake | Arnold J. Isbell |
| Laid down | 14 March 1945 |
| Launched | 6 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 5 January 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
| Identification | Hull number: DD-869 |
| Motto | Necede Malis |
| Fate | Sold to Greece, 1974 |
 Greece | |
| Name | Sachtouris |
| Namesake | Georgios Sachtouris |
| Acquired | 1974 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D214 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,425 tons |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (6 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
| Range | 4,380 nmi (8,110 km; 5,040 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 11 officers and 345 enlisted |
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USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arnold J. Isbell, an aircraft carrier captain during World War II. The ship was laid down on 14 March 1945 at Staten Island, New York, by Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, launched on 6 August 1945 and commissioned on 5 January 1946. Constructed too late to see action in World War II, the vessel initially served as a training ship with the United States Atlantic Fleet, before transferring to the Pacific and deploying to Korea during the Korean War and off the Vietnam coast during the Vietnam War. In 1972 Arnold J. Isbell was made part of the reserve training fleet and in 1974, sold to Greece where the ship was renamed Satchouris and served with the Hellenic Navy until being sold for scrap in 2002.