History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | John Trippe |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 15 April 1937 |
Launched | 14 May 1938 |
Commissioned | 1 November 1939 |
Decommissioned | 28 August 1946 |
Stricken | 19 February 1948 |
Fate | Sunk as target 3 February 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Benham-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,850 tons |
Length | 341 ft 1 in |
Beam | 35 ft 5 in |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in |
Speed | 38.5 knots |
Complement | 230 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 4 .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns. ma.16 21" |
The third USS Trippe (DD-403) was a Benham-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for John Trippe.