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USS Colhoun (DD-801)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Colhoun.
USS Colhoun (DD-801), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Edmund Colhoun (1821–1897).
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Name | USS Colhoun |
Namesake | Edmund Colhoun |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
Laid down | 3 August 1943 |
Launched | 10 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 8 July 1944 |
Honours and awards | 1 Battle Star |
Fate | Sunk by Kamikaze,[1] 6 April 1945 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Complement | 273 |
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Colhoun was launched 10 April 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Captain K. K. Johnson, WAC; and commissioned 8 July 1944.