USS Stephen Potter

USS Stephen Potter (DD-538)
History
United States
Namesake	Stephen Potter
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down	27 October 1942
Launched	28 April 1943
Commissioned	21 October 1943
Decommissioned	21 April 1958
Stricken	1 December 1972
Nickname(s)	Steamin' Steve
Fate	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
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) @ 15 kt
Complement	329
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × single depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge racks

USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy. Stephen Potter was commissioned in 1943 and served in the Pacific during World War II. She was then mothballed until 1951 whereupon she saw service in several areas including the Korean War. In 1958 she was placed in reserve, and scrapped in 1973.