USS Herndon (DD-638)

History
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	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	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber DP guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) guns 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns, 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes) 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

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.