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USS Killen
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Killen (DD-593), was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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Name | Killen |
Namesake | Edward Killen |
Builder | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 26 November 1941 |
Launched | 10 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 4 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 9 July 1946 |
Stricken | 1 June 1963 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 15 April 1975 |
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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; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 329 |
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