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USS Knapp
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Knapp (DD-653), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Harry Shepard Knapp a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and Military Governor of Santo Domingo. Her keel was laid down on 8 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. She was launched on 10 July 1943, sponsored by Margaret L. and Mary C. Knapp and commissioned on 16 September 1943.
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Namesake | Harry Shepard Knapp |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 8 March 1943 |
Launched | 10 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 16 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 4 March 1957 |
Stricken | 6 March 1972 |
Fate | Scrapped, 27 August 1973, but bridge restored and on display at Columbia River Maritime Museum |
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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 nm at 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h) |
Complement | 319 |
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