USS Balch (DD-363)

	USS Balch (DD-363)
History
United States
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	16 May 1934
Launched	24 March 1936
Commissioned	20 October 1936
Decommissioned	19 October 1945
Stricken	1 November 1945
Honors and; awards	6 × battle stars
Fate	Scrapped in 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Porter-class destroyer
Displacement	1,850 tons
Length	381 ft 1 in (116.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 11 in (11.25 m)
Draught	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	194 officers and enlisted
Armament	As built:; 1 x Mk 35 Gun Fire Control System, 8 x 5"(127 mm)/38 cal SP (4x2), 8 x 1.1" (28 mm) AA (2x4), 8 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x4), 2 x Depth Charge Stern Racks; c1943: 1 x Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System, 8 x 5" (127 mm)/38 cal SP (3x2), 4 x Mk 51 Gun Directors, 12 x Bofors 40 mm guns (2x4,2x2), 6 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (6x1), 8 x 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x4), 2 x Depth Charge Stern Racks, 4 x Depth Charge K-gun Projectors (4x1);

USS Balch (DD-363) was a Porter-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Admiral George Beall Balch.

History
USS Balch (DD-363)
United States
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	16 May 1934
Launched	24 March 1936
Commissioned	20 October 1936
Decommissioned	19 October 1945
Stricken	1 November 1945
Honors and awards	6 × battle stars
Fate	Scrapped in 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Porter-class destroyer
Displacement	1,850 tons
Length	381 ft 1 in (116.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 11 in (11.25 m)
Draught	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	194 officers and enlisted
Armament	As built: 1 x Mk 35^[1] Gun Fire Control System, 8 x 5"(127 mm)/38 cal SP (4x2), 8 x 1.1" (28 mm) AA (2x4), 8 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x4), 2 x Depth Charge Stern Racks c1943: 1 x Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System, 8 x 5" (127 mm)/38 cal SP (3x2), 4 x Mk 51 Gun Directors, 12 x Bofors 40 mm guns (2x4,2x2), 6 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (6x1), 8 x 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x4), 2 x Depth Charge Stern Racks, 4 x Depth Charge K-gun Projectors (4x1)