USS Twiggs (DD-591)

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USS Twiggs (DD-591), in camouflage paint, 23 February 1945.
History
United States
Name	USS Twiggs
Namesake	Levi Twiggs
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	20 January 1943
Launched	7 April 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Roland S. Morris
Commissioned	4 November 1943
Stricken	11 July 1945
Fate	Sunk by kamikazes[1] off Okinawa, 16 June 1945
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	273
Armament	5 x 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 Twiggs (DD-591), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Major Levi Twiggs (1793–1847) of the United States Marine Corps.

Twiggs was laid down on 20 January 1943 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 7 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Roland S. Morris; and commissioned on 4 November 1943. She was sunk on 16 June 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft near Okinawa.