USS Anthony (DD-515)
USS Anthony (DD-515) off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 8 December 1944 |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Anthony (DD-515) |
| Namesake: | William Anthony |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 17 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 26 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 15 April 1972 |
| Fate: | Transferred to West Germany, 17 January 1958 |
| Career (West Germany) | |
| Name: | Zerstörer 1 (D170) |
| Acquired: | 17 January 1958 |
| Struck: | 1976 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, 16 May 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement: | 329 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns, 10 × 40 mm AA guns, 7 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Anthony (DD-515), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony (1853–1899).
Anthony was laid down on 17 August 1942 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 20 December 1942; sponsored by Miss Alice Anthony and Miss Frances Anthony, granddaughters of Sergeant Major William Anthony; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard, on 26 February 1943, Lieutenant Commander Blinn Van Mater in command.
Read more about USS Anthony (DD-515): 1943, 1944, 1945, Zerstörer 1 (D170), 1958–1972