USS Lofberg
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USS Lofberg (DD-759), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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USS Lofberg at San Francisco on 3 May 1945 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Lofberg |
Namesake | Gus Brynolf Lofberg, Jr. |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco |
Laid down | 4 November 1943 |
Launched | 12 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 26 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 15 January 1971 |
Stricken | 1 February 1973 |
Identification | DD-759 |
Fate | To Taiwan 6 May 1974 and cannibalized for spare parts. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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