USS Porter (DD-800)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Porter.
USS Porter (DD-800) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the fourth Navy ship named for Commodore David Porter (1780–1843), and his son Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813–1891).
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Namesake | David Dixon Porter |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
Laid down | 6 July 1943 |
Launched | 13 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 24 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 10 August 1953 |
Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 21 March 1974 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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Complement | 329 |
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Porter was laid down by the Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash., 6 July 1943; launched 13 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Georgiana Porter Cusachs; and commissioned 24 June 1944.