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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Quick |
| Namesake | John H. Quick |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 3 November 1941 |
| Launched | 3 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1942 |
| Identification | DD-490 |
| Reclassified | DMS-32, 23 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1949 |
| Stricken | 15 January 1972 |
| Fate | Sold 27 August 1973 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,630 tons |
| Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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USS Quick (DD-490/DMS-32), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was a United States Navy warship named for Sergeant Major John H. Quick (1870–1922), who received the Medal of Honor "for gallantry in action" at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 14 June 1898, during the Spanish–American War.
Quick was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey on 3 November 1941. The ship was completed and launched on 3 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. William T. Roy, niece of Sergeant Major Quick. She was commissioned on 3 July 1942.