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HULL Class

Data for USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950) as of 1965


Length Overall: 418’ 5"

Beam: 44’ 11 1/2"

Draft: 22' 3"

Full Load Displacement: 4,038 tons

Fuel capacity: 665 tons

Armament:

Three 5″/54 caliber guns
Two 3″/50 caliber twin mounts
Two 12.75″ triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes
Hedgehog Launcher
Depth Charge Track

Complement:

18 Officers
256 Enlisted

Propulsion:

4 Boilers
2 General Electric Turbines: 70,000 horsepower

Highest speed on trials: 33 knots