USS Drayton (DD-366)

USS Drayton (DD-366)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Drayton.

Career (US)
Namesake:	Percival Drayton
Builder:	Bath Iron Works
Laid down:	20 March 1934
Launched:	26 March 1936
Commissioned:	1 September 1936
Decommissioned:	9 October 1945
Struck:	24 October 1945
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 20 December 1946
General characteristics
Class & type:	Mahan class destroyer
Displacement:	1,500 tons
Length:	341 ft 4 in (104.04 m)
Beam:	35 ft (10.67 m)
Draft:	9 ft 10 in (3 m)
Speed:	37 knots (69 km/h)
Complement:	158 officers and crew
Armament:	As Built:1 x Gun director above bridge, 5 x 5" (127 mm)/38 cal DP (5x1), 12 x 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes (3x4), 4 x .50 cal (12.7 mm) (4x1), 2 x Depth Charge stern racks c1944:1 x Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System, 4 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP]] (4x1), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes (3x4), 2 x Mk 51 Gun Directors, 4 x Bofors 40 mm guns] (2x2), 6 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (6x1), 2 x Depth Charge roll-off stern racks, 4 x K-gun depth charge projectors

USS Drayton (DD-366) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Captain Percival Drayton.

Drayton was launched 26 March 1936 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss B. E. Drayton, great-grandniece of Captain Drayton; and commissioned 1 September 1936, Commander R. G. Pennoyer in command.