Hull Number: DD-473
Launch Date: 04/16/1942
Commissioned Date: 02/09/1943
Decommissioned Date: 04/18/1946
Class: FLETCHER
FLETCHER Class
Data for USS Fletcher (DD-445) as of 1945
Length Overall: 376’ 5"
Beam: 39’ 7"
Draft: 13’ 9"
Standard Displacement: 2,050 tons
Full Load Displacement: 2,940 tons
Fuel capacity: 3,250 barrels
Armament:
Five 5″/38 caliber guns
Five 40mm twin anti-aircraft mounts
Two 21″ quintuple torpedo tubes
Complement:
20 Officers
309 Enlisted
Propulsion:
4 Boilers
2 General Electric Turbines: 60,000 horsepower
Highest speed on trials: 35.2 knots
Namesake: FLOYD BENNETT
FLOYD BENNETT
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Published 1959)
Born in Warrensburg, NY, 25 October 1890, Floyd Bennett enlisted in the Navy in 1917. He was warranted a Machinist and served with Rear Admiral R. E. Byrd on the first flight over the North Pole. Aviation Machinist Bennett died at Quebec, Canada, 25 April 1928.
Disposition:
Transferred to Brazil, as loan, on 12/15/1959 as PARAIBA (D-28). Returned to USN 08/01/1973 and retransferred to Brazil, as sale, on the same date for further service.