&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Duncan_(DDR-874)_underway_1970.jpg) USS Duncan underway, 1970
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Duncan |
| Namesake | Silas Duncan |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 22 May 1944 |
| Launched | 27 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1971 |
| Reclassified | DDR-874, 18 March 1949 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
| Honors and awards | 7 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 31 July 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 1 in (12.22 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament | 6 × 5-inch/38-caliber guns |
USS Duncan (DD-874) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third named for Captain Silas Duncan USN (1788–1834). The ship was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 22 May 1944, launched on 27 October 1944 by Mrs. D. C. Thayer and commissioned on 25 February 1945. The ship was sunk in 1980.