USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) in 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | David W. Taylor |
Namesake | David W. Taylor |
Builder | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama |
Laid down | 12 June 1941 |
Launched | 4 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 August 1946 |
Fate | Leased to Spain, 15 May 1957 |
Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Spain | |
Name | Almirante Ferrandíz |
Acquired | 15 May 1957 |
Stricken | 17 November 1987 |
Identification | D22 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 273 |
Armament |
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USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral David W. Taylor (1864–1940).
She was launched 4 July 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Imogene Taylor Powell, daughter of RAdm Taylor; and commissioned 18 September 1943.