USS Shannon
Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Shannon (DD-737/DM-25/MMD-25) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | Shannon |
Namesake | Harold D. Shannon |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 14 February 1944 |
Launched | 24 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 8 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 24 October 1955 |
Stricken | 1 November 1970 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, May 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Robert H. Smith-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Complement | 363 officers and enlisted |
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