USS Baldwin

USS Baldwin in the Suez Canal, Egypt, on 9 February 1945
History
United States
Name	Baldwin
Namesake	Charles H. Baldwin
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	19 July 1941
Launched	14 June 1942
Commissioned	30 April 1943
Decommissioned	20 June 1946
Stricken	1 June 1961
Fate	Scuttled, 5 June 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam	36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
Draft	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 4 boilers 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose guns 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns, 7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes), 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Baldwin (DD-624), was a United States Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, in service from 1943 to 1946. She was the only ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Charles H. Baldwin, an 1864 Medal of Honor recipient.

Baldwin was laid down on 19 July 1941 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington and launched on 14 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Ida E. Crawford, daughter of Acting Master's Mate Baldwin. The ship was commissioned on 30 April 1943 and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet.