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Hull Number: DD-686

Launch Date: 06/30/1943

Commissioned Date: 10/25/1943

Decommissioned Date: 04/27/1968

Call Sign: NKAF (51)

Voice Call Sign: LONE TREE (1943), HEAD HUNTER (1944), CAMPFIRE (51), OIL PAINT (60-65)


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: HALSEY POWELL

HALSEY POWELL


Disposition:

Transferred to Korea, as grant aid, on 04/27/1968, as SEOUL (DD-92).