&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Stevens_(DD-479)_underway_off_Charleston,_South_Carolina_(USA),_on_15_March_1943_(80-G-K-13835).jpg) USS Stevens (March 1943)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Thomas Holdup Stevens and Thomas H. Stevens, Jr. |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 30 December 1941 |
| Launched | 24 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 2 July 1946 |
| Stricken | 27 November 1973 |
| 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) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 336 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1, one catapult (removed 1943) |
USS Stevens (DD-479) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was finally sold for scrap in 1973.