USS Porterfield
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USS Porterfield (DD-682) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1943, she served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II, earning ten battle stars. She was decommissioned immediately after the end of the war but reactivated in 1951 for the Korean War, earning four more battle stars, and then served continuously until 1969. She was sunk as a target in 1982.
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USS Porterfield (DD-682) in the early 1950s | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Porterfield |
Namesake | Lewis B. Porterfield |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 12 December 1942 |
Launched | 13 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 7 November 1969 |
Stricken | 1 March 1975 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 |
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