USS Robert K. Huntington
United States Navy destroyer 1944–1981 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Robert Kingsbury Huntington, a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8. The entire squadron was lost during the Battle of Midway.
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United States | |
Name | Robert K. Huntington |
Namesake | Robert Kingsbury Huntington |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle |
Laid down | 29 February 1944 |
Launched | 5 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 3 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1973 |
Stricken | 31 October 1973 |
Fate | to Venezuelan Navy 31 October 1973 |
Venezuela | |
Name | Falcon |
Acquired | 31 October 1973 |
Stricken | 1981 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1981 |
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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