USS Charrette (DD-581)
USS Charrette (DD-581) Boston, MA 4 August 1943. NARA # 80G74846. |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Charrette (DD-581) |
| Namesake: | George Charrette |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 20 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 3 June 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. G. Charrette |
| Commissioned: | 18 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 January 1947 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1975 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 16 June 1959 |
| Career (Greece) | |
| Name: | Velos (D-16) |
| Acquired: | 16 June 1959 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 February 1991 |
| Status: | museum ship in Faliron |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,100 tons standard, 3,050 tons full load |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in); with full load (including ASW dome): 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 sets of General Electric geared steam turbines, 1 set of 3 for each shaft (cruising, low pressure, high pressure); 4 Foster Wheeler boilers (two furnaces each), maximum steam pressure: 3,619.75 kPa (525 psi), maximum steam temperature: 440,6 °C (825 °F); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nm (12,000 km) @ 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | United States Navy: 329 Hellenic Navy: 269 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in/38 cal guns (127 mm), 4 × 40 mm AA guns, 4 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks (in HN service) 4 × 127 mm (5 in)/38 guns, 6 × 76 mm (3 in)/50 RF AA guns (3x2), 2× 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 Browning machine guns (2x1), 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (1x5)(for Mk 14 torpedoes), 6 × 325 mm (12.75 in) Anti-Submarine Torpedo tubes (2x3) (for Mk 44-Mk 46 torpedoes), 2 × Hedgehog launchers (Mark 11, 24 bombs each), 1 × depth charge track for 12 Mk 9 depth charges, 12 (2×6) Super RBOC chaffs & flares launchers, 4 FIM-43 Redeye man-portable surface-to-air missiles (after 1976) |
USS Charrette (DD-581) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish-American War.
Charrette was launched 3 June 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. G. Charrette; and commissioned 18 May 1943, Commander E. S. Karpe in command.
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