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USS Knight
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USS Knight (DD-633), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Austin M. Knight.
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Name | Knight |
Namesake | Austin M. Knight |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 18 March 1941 |
Launched | 27 September 1941 |
Commissioned | 23 June 1942 |
Identification | DD-633 |
Reclassified | DMS-40, 23 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 19 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1 December 1966 |
Fate | Sunk as a target off San Diego, California 27 October 1967 |
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Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,630 tons |
Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
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Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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Knight was laid down on 18 March 1941, by Boston Navy Yard and launched on 27 September 1941 Liberty Fleet Day; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth H. Royal, granddaughter of Admiral Knight. The ship was commissioned on 23 June 1942.