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Hull Number: DD-70

Launch Date: 06/29/2018

Commissioned Date: 08/09/1940

Decommissioned Date: 10/23/1940


Class: CALDWELL

CALDWELL Class

Data for USS Caldwell (DD-69) as of 1921


Length Overall: 315' 6"

Beam: 31' 2"

Draft: 8' 0 1/2"

Standard Displacement: 1,125 tons

Full Load Displacement: 1,187 tons

Armament:

Four 4″/50 caliber guns
One 3″/23 caliber anti-aircraft gun
Four 21″ triple torpedo tubes

Complement:

8 Officers
8 Chief Petty Officers
106 Enlisted

Propulsion:

4 Boilers
2 G.E. Curtis Turbines: 20,000 horsepower (estimated)

Highest speed on trials: 31.7 knots

Namesake: WILLIAM CONWAY

WILLIAM CONWAY


Disposition:

Transferred to England 10/23/1940 as HMS Lewes (C-68). Scuttled off Australia in 05/1946.