USS Emmons

History
United States
Name	Emmons
Namesake	George F. Emmons
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	14 November 1940
Launched	23 August 1941
Commissioned	5 December 1941
Identification	DD-457
Reclassified	DMS-22, 15 November 1944
Fate	Sunk by the USS Ellyson on 7 April 1945 after suffering five hits from Kamikaze aircraft on the afternoon of 6 April 1945.
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	208
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Emmons (DD-457/DMS-22) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral George F. Emmons (1811–1884).

Emmons was launched 23 August 1941 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. F. E. Peacock, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Emmons. The ship was commissioned on 5 December 1941. She was reclassified DMS-22 on 15 November 1944.