USS New
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USS New (DD/DDE-818) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for United States Marine Corps Private First Class John D. New (1924–1944), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "selfless conduct" in the Battle of Peleliu.
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USS New underway on 18 March 1965 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | New |
Namesake | John D. New |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 14 April 1945 |
Launched | 18 August 1945 |
Commissioned | 5 April 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1976 |
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Stricken | 1 July 1976 |
Motto | Anything, Anytime, Anyplace |
Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 23 February 1977 |
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South Korea | |
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Namesake | Taejon |
Acquired | 23 February 1977 |
Commissioned | 23 February 1977 |
Decommissioned | February 2001 |
Reclassified | DD-919 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-99 |
Fate | Presumed scrapped |
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Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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New was laid down on 14 April 1945 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched on 18 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Julien, sister of PFC John New; and commissioned on 5 April 1946.