USS Noa (DD-841)

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USS Noa underway on 1 April 1965
History
United States
Name	Noa
Namesake	Loveman Noa
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	26 March 1945
Launched	30 July 1945
Commissioned	2 November 1945
Decommissioned	31 October 1973
Stricken	2 June 1975
Identification	Callsign: NBBS Hull number: DD-841
Motto	In Medias Res (Into the Middle of Things)
Fate	Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973
Notes	Sold to Spain, 17 May 1978
Badge
Spain
Name	Blas de Lezo
Namesake	Blas de Lezo
Acquired	31 October 1973
Identification	Hull number: D-65
Fate	Scrapped, 1991
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer Churruca-class destroyer
Displacement	3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft	14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 11 × 20 mm AA guns 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for midshipman Loveman Noa (1878–1901).

Noa was laid down by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 26 March 1945; launched on 30 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. James Cary Jones, Jr., wife of Rear Admiral James Cary Jones, Jr., USN; and commissioned on 2 November 1945.