Hull Number: DD-678
Launch Date: 11/14/1943
Commissioned Date: 12/20/1943
Decommissioned Date: 11/30/1960
Call Sign: NJLA (51-54)
Voice Call Sign: PUGNOSE, APPOLLO (59), KEYNOTE
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: SAMUEL MCGOWAN
SAMUEL MCGOWAN
Disposition:
Transferred to Spain 12/1/1960 as Jorge Juan.