USS Mugford (DD-389) in April 1944 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, painted in Measure 32 camouflage
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | James Mugford |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 28 October 1935 |
Launched | 31 October 1936 |
Commissioned | 16 August 1937 |
Decommissioned | 29 August 1946 |
Stricken | 5 April 1948 |
Honours and awards | 7 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Scuttled on 22 March 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bagley class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,325 tons (full), 1,500 tons (light) |
Length | 341 ft 8 in (104.14 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draught |
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Propulsion | 49,000 shp, driving 2 propellers |
Speed | 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h) |
Range | 6500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 200 |
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USS Mugford (DD-389), a Bagley-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for James Mugford, who commanded the schooner Franklin in the Continental Navy, serving through 1775.