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USS Stockham (DD-683)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Stockham.
USS Stockham (DD-683), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Medal of Honor recipient Gy.Sgt. Fred W. Stockham, USMC (1881–1918).
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Namesake | Fred W. Stockham |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
Laid down | 19 December 1942 |
Launched | 25 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 11 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 August 1946 |
Recommissioned | 14 November 1951 |
Decommissioned | 2 September 1957 |
Stricken | 1 December 1974 |
Fate | Sunk as target 17 February 1977 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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Complement | 329 |
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Stockham (DD-683) was laid down on 19 December 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. at San Francisco, California; launched on 25 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Melba Mattingly; and commissioned on 11 February 1944, Commander E. P. Holmes in command.