&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Chevalier_(DD-451)_off_Boston,_Massachusetts_(USA),_on_24_October_1942_(NH_107952).jpg) USS Chevalier (DD-451) in October 1942
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Chevalier |
| Namesake | Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier |
| Ordered | July 1940 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 30 April 1941 |
| Launched | 11 April 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1942 |
| Stricken | 16 November 1943 |
| Fate | Scuttled after being torpedoed and accidentally rammed, 7 October 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 329 |
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USS Chevalier (DD-451), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier.