USS Sproston (DD-577)

USS Sproston (DDE-577) underway in 1958
History
United States
Namesake	John G. Sproston
Ordered	1940
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	1 April 1942
Launched	31 August 1942
Commissioned	19 May 1943 to 18 January 1946 15 September 1950 to 30 September 1968
Stricken	1 October 1968
Fate	Sold for scrap, 15 September 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,150 tons, 3,035 tons fully loaded
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	273
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm), 4 × 40 mm AA guns, 4 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Sproston (DD-577) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for US Naval Lieutenant John G. Sproston, who was killed in action while leading an attack on a Confederate ironclad during the American Civil War.