USS Henley (DD-762)
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Henley.
USS Henley (DD-762), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named Henley, was named after Captain Robert Henley (5 January 1783 – 7 October 1828); an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War.
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Name | Henley |
Namesake | Robert Henley |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco |
Laid down | 8 February 1944 |
Launched | 8 April 1945 |
Commissioned | 8 October 1946 |
Decommissioned | c.1973 |
Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
Fate | Sold 24 June 1974 and broken up for scrap |
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Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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In addition to the three destroyers named USS Henley, there was an additional ship, named USS John D. Henley which was named after Captain John D. Henley, a brother of Captain Robert Henley.
The fourth Henley (DD-762) was launched on 8 April 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco; sponsored by Mrs. George S. Wheaton; and commissioned on 8 October 1946.