USS Emmons
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USS Emmons (DD-457/DMS-22) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral George F. Emmons (1811–1884).
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Name | Emmons |
Namesake | George F. Emmons |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 14 November 1940 |
Launched | 23 August 1941 |
Commissioned | 5 December 1941 |
Identification | DD-457 |
Reclassified | DMS-22, 15 November 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by the USS Ellyson on 7 April 1945 after suffering five hits from Kamikaze aircraft on the afternoon of 6 April 1945. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 208 |
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Emmons was launched 23 August 1941 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. F. E. Peacock, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Emmons. The ship was commissioned on 5 December 1941. She was reclassified DMS-22 on 15 November 1944.