USS Charles S. Sperry

USS Charles S. Sperry in New York Harbor, 16 May 1944
History
United States
Name	USS Charles S. Sperry
Namesake	Charles Stillman Sperry
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	19 October 1943
Launched	13 March 1944
Sponsored by	Miss M. Sperry
Commissioned	17 May 1944
Decommissioned	15 December 1973
Stricken	15 December 1973
Fate	Sold to Chile, 8 January 1974
Chile
Name	Ministro Zenteno
Acquired	8 January 1974
Stricken	1990
Fate	Scrapped 1990
General characteristics
Class and type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons (standard), 3,320 (full load)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	336 as designed, 276 after refit
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 12 × 40 mm AA guns, 11 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks
Aircraft carried	1 × helicopter (after refit)

USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1973. In 1974, she was sold to Chile, where she served as Ministro Zenteno (D-16). She was finally scrapped in 1990.