USS Irwin
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USS Irwin (DD-794), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Noble E. Irwin (1869–1937).
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Namesake | Noble E. Irwin |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 2 May 1943 |
Launched | 31 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 14 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 10 January 1958 |
Stricken | 15 March 1973 |
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Brazil | |
Name | Santa Catarina (D32) |
Acquired | 10 May 1968 |
Stricken | 28 December 1988 |
Fate | Sunk in 1990 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376.5 ft (114.8 m) |
Beam | 39.7 ft (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17.9 ft (5.4 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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Complement | 320 |
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Irwin was launched 31 October 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California; sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., daughter of Admiral Irwin and wife of Vice Admiral Lockwood; and commissioned 14 February 1944.