DD-850 Joseph P. Kennedy

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Gearing, [DD].

Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Launch date: 26 July 1946.

Commission date: 15 December 1945.

Decommission date: 02 July 1973.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.425 standard, 3.480 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 119 x 12,6 x 5,8

Main machinery: 2 x GE turbines ( 60.000 hp ), 4 x boilers.

Speed ( knots ): 32,5.

Range ( miles ): 5.800 at 15 knots.

Complement: 274 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 6 x 127mm/38 ( 3 x double mountings ), 12 x 40mm ( 2 x quad, 2 x double ), 11 x 20mm.

Torpedoes: 10 x 533mm ( 2 x 5 ).

Radar: Search: SPS 40; Surface search: SPS 10; Fire Control: Mk37 director for guns, Mk114 for ASW, and Mk5 target designator.

Sonar: SQS 23, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: ?.

Callsign: NBCR ()

Comment: Currently a museum ship at Battleship Cove, Massachussets.

Awards (as of 02/07/1973): 

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