&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Truxtun_(DD-229).jpg) USS Truxtun in the 1930s.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Truxtun |
| Namesake | Thomas Truxtun |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 495 |
| Laid down | 11 November 1919 |
| Launched | 28 September 1920[1] |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1920 |
| Stricken | 25 March 1942 |
| Fate | Ran aground and sank, 18 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.82 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.436 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9+3⁄4 in (2.991 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Truxtun (DD-229) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third ship named for Thomas Truxtun.
- ^ Parkin, Robert Sinclair (2001). Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War II. Hachette Books. pp. 7–15. ISBN 978-0-306-81069-5.[permanent dead link]