&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Maury_(DD-401)_as_completed,_in_mid-1938_(NH_42150).jpg) USS Maury when first completed in mid-1938
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| History | |
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| Name | Maury |
| Namesake | Matthew Fontaine Maury |
| Builder | Union Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 24 March 1936 |
| Launched | 14 February 1938 |
| Commissioned | 5 August 1938 |
| Decommissioned | 19 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
| Identification | DD-401 |
| Honors and awards | |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gridley-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,500 tons |
| Length | 341 ft 4 in (104.04 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) Bethlehem geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 176 |
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The second USS Maury (DD-401) was a Gridley-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Matthew Maury, and was one of the most decorated US Naval vessels of World War II.