Hull Number: DD-567
Launch Date: 12/31/1943
Commissioned Date: 04/29/1944
Decommissioned Date: 09/26/1969
Voice Call Sign: BROOMCORN
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: JOHN WATTS
JOHN WATTS
Disposition:
Stricken 2/1/1974. Sold 8/16/1975 to General Metals, Tacoma, WA.