USS Shubrick (DD-639)
Gleaves-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Shubrick.
USS Shubrick (DD-639), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral William B. Shubrick.
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Name | Shubrick |
Namesake | William B. Shubrick |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia |
Laid down | 17 February 1942 |
Launched | 18 April 1942 |
Commissioned | 7 February 1943 |
Decommissioned | 16 November 1945 |
Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 28 September 1947 |
General characteristics | |
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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Shubrick was laid down on 17 February 1942 by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, launched on 18 April 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Grosvenor Bemis, great-great-granddaughter of R.Adm. Shubrick; and commissioned on 7 February 1943.