USS Baldwin
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USS Baldwin (DD-624), was a United States Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, in service from 1943 to 1946. She was the only ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Charles H. Baldwin, an 1864 Medal of Honor recipient.
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USS Baldwin in the Suez Canal, Egypt, on 9 February 1945 | |
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United States | |
Name | Baldwin |
Namesake | Charles H. Baldwin |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 19 July 1941 |
Launched | 14 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 20 June 1946 |
Stricken | 1 June 1961 |
Fate | Scuttled, 5 June 1961 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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Baldwin was laid down on 19 July 1941 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington and launched on 14 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Ida E. Crawford, daughter of Acting Master's Mate Baldwin. The ship was commissioned on 30 April 1943 and reported to the United States Atlantic Fleet.