USS Satterlee (DD-626)
US Navy Gleaves-class destroyer in service 1943–1946 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Satterlee.
USS Satterlee (DD-626) was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She is the second Navy ship named for United States Coast Guard Captain Charles Satterlee.
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Name | Satterlee |
Namesake | Charles Satterlee |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 10 September 1941 |
Launched | 17 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 16 March 1946 |
Stricken | 1 December 1970 |
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Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
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Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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Satterlee was laid down on 10 September 1941 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington and launched on 17 July 1942; sponsored by Miss Rebecca E. Satterlee, niece of Capt. Satterlee. The ship was commissioned on 1 July 1943.