DD-878 Vesole

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Gearing, [DD].

Builder: Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, U.S.A.

Launch date: 29 December 1944.

Commission date: 23 April 1945.

Decommission date: 01 December 1976.

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: NBHQ ()

Comment: Sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 14 April 1983.

Awards (as of 01/12/1976): 

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