History | |
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United States | |
Name | Herndon |
Namesake | William Lewis Herndon |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard |
Laid down | 26 August 1941 |
Launched | 2 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 20 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 28 January 1946 |
Stricken | 1 June 1971 |
Fate | Sunk as target off Florida, 24 May 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 |
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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 |
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USS Herndon (DD-638), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander William Lewis Herndon.
Herndon was launched on 2 February 1942 by the Norfolk Navy Yard, sponsored by Lucy Herndon Crockett, great-grandniece of Comdr. Herndon, and commissioned on 20 December 1942.