USS Philip (DD-498) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 9 July 1968.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Philip |
Namesake | John W. Philip |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Laid down | 7 May 1942 |
Launched | 13 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 21 November 1942 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1968 |
Stricken | 1 October 1968 |
Fate | Sank in a storm while under tow for scrapping, 2 February 1972. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 336 |
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USS Philip (DD/DDE-498), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral John W. Philip (1840–1900).