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).