USS Frankford

History
United States
Name	Frankford
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	5 June 1941
Launched	17 May 1942
Commissioned	31 March 1943
Decommissioned	6 March 1946
Stricken	1 June 1971
Fate	Sunk as target off Puerto Rico, 4 December 1973
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 MW); 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	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,   2 × 2 Bofors 40 mm guns   6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns,   6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,   2 × depth charge tracks

USS Frankford (DD-497), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Frankford, who commanded the privateer Belvedere during the Quasi-War with France from 1798 to 1800.

Frankford was launched on 17 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. William F. Gibbs; and commissioned 31 March 1943.