USS Cony (DD-508)
Career (US) | |
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Namesake: | Joseph S. Cony |
Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down: | 24 December 1941 |
Launched: | 16 August 1942 |
Commissioned: | 30 October 1942 |
Decommissioned: | 2 July 1969 |
Struck: | 2 July 1969 |
Fate: | Sunk as a target, 20 March 1970 |
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: | 336 |
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 Cony (DD/DDE-508), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Joseph S. Cony (1834–1867), a naval officer during the Civil War.
Cony was launched 16 August 1942 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. W. R. Sleight; and commissioned 30 October 1942 at Boston, Lieutenant Commander Harry D. Johnson in command.
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