USS Phelps

USS Phelps (DD-360)
History
United States
Namesake	Thomas Stowell Phelps
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	2 January 1934
Launched	18 July 1935
Sponsored by	Mrs. Richard A. Kearny
Commissioned	26 February 1936
Decommissioned	6 November 1945
Stricken	28 January 1947
Honors and awards	12 × battle stars
Fate	Sold 10 August 1947, scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Porter-class destroyer
Displacement	1,805 tons
Length	380 ft 6 in (115.98 m)
Beam	36 ft 2 in (11.02 m)
Draught	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Speed	37  knots (69 km/h)
Complement	276
Armament	As built: 1 × Mk35 Gun Fire Control System, 8 × 5" (127mm)/38cal SP (4x2), 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes (2x4), 2 × Depth Charge stern racks c1944: 1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System, 5 × 5"(127mm)/38cal DP (2x2,1x1), 1 × Mk51 Gun Director, 4 × Bofors 40mm AA (1x4), 8 × Oerlikon 20mm AA (8x1), 8 × 21"(533mm) T Tubes 2x4, 2 × Depth Charge stern racks

USS Phelps (DD-360) was a World War II-era Porter-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was named for Thomas Stowell Phelps, who was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy in 1884.