USS Cassin Young

USS Cassin Young (DD-793)

USS Cassin Young underway on 14 January 1958
History
United States
Name	Cassin Young
Namesake	Cassin Young
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Laid down	18 March 1943
Launched	12 September 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Eleanor Young
Commissioned	31 December 1943
Decommissioned	28 May 1946
Recommissioned	8 September 1951
Decommissioned	29 April 1960
Stricken	1 December 1974
Identification	Callsign: NTTH Hull number: DD-793
Honours and awards	See Awards
Status	Museum ship at the former Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts.
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General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376.4 ft (114.7 m)
Beam	39.6 ft (12.1 m)
Draft	13.8 ft (4.2 m)
Propulsion	4 oil-fired boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	325
Armament	(as built) 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 5 × twin 40 mm AA guns 7 × 20 mm AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × K-gun depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks (as preserved) 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns, 2 × quad 40 mm AA guns 1 × twin 40 mm AA guns 1 × 20 mm AA gun 1 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × torpedo carriages for the Mark 32 torpedo, 2 × Hedgehog ASW mortar, 1 × depth charge track
Boston National Historical Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′20″N 71°03′16″W / 42.37222°N 71.05444°W / 42.37222; -71.05444
Built	1943
Architect	Bethlehem Steel Corp.
NRHP reference No.	86000084[1]
Added to NRHP	14 January 1986

USS Cassin Young (DD-793) is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942.

Cassin Young (DD-793) was launched 12 September 1943 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, Los Angeles; sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor Young; and commissioned on 31 December 1943.

After serving in World War II, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Battle of Okinawa, Cassin Young was decommissioned, but was reactivated during the Korean War and continued in active service until 1960. She is preserved today as a memorial ship, berthed at Boston Navy Yard in Massachusetts, across from the USS Constitution. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of only four surviving Fletcher-class destroyers still afloat.

The USS Cassin Young can now be visited seasonally free of charge in the Boston Navy Yard at Boston National Historical Park.