USS Forrest

History
United States
Name	Forrest
Namesake	Dulany Forrest
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	6 January 1941
Launched	14 June 1941
Commissioned	13 January 1942
Reclassified	DMS-24, 15 November 1944
Decommissioned	30 November 1945
Stricken	19 December 1945
Fate	Sold 20 November 1946,; broken up for scrap;
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW);; 4 boilers;; 2 propellers;
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 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,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Forrest (DD-461/DMS-24), was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

History

United States
Name	Forrest
Namesake	Dulany Forrest
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	6 January 1941
Launched	14 June 1941
Commissioned	13 January 1942
Reclassified	DMS-24, 15 November 1944
Decommissioned	30 November 1945
Stricken	19 December 1945
Fate	Sold 20 November 1946, broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 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, 2 × depth charge tracks