USS Cotten
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USS Cotten (DD-669) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Captain Lyman A. Cotten (1874–1926).
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USS Cotten (DD-669) | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Lyman A. Cotten |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Laid down | 8 February 1943 |
Launched | 12 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2 May 1960 |
Stricken | 1 December 1974 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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Complement | 336 |
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Cotten was launched 12 June 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. L. A. Cotten, widow of Captain Cotten; and commissioned 24 July 1943.