_underway_at_sea,_circa_in_the_1960s.jpg) USS Boyd
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Boyd |
| Namesake | Joseph Boyd |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down | 2 April 1942 |
| Launched | 29 October 1942 |
| Commissioned | 8 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1969 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1969 |
| Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 |
 Turkey | |
| Name | Iskenderun |
| Acquired | 1 October 1969 |
| Stricken | 1981 |
| Identification | D-343 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 329 |
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USS Boyd (DD-544) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.