USS Farragut (DD-348)

USS Farragut (DD-348)


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

USS Farragut (DD-348)
Career (U.S.)
Namesake: David Glasgow Farragut
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation-Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down: 20 September 1932
Launched: 15 March 1934
Commissioned: 18 June 1934
Decommissioned: 23 October 1945
Struck: 28 January 1947
Fate: Sold for scrap, 14 August 1947
General characteristics
Class & type: Farragut-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,365 tons
Length: 341 ft 3 in (104.01 m)
Beam: 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
Draught: 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h)
Complement: 160 officers and enlisted
Armament: As Built:
5 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (5x1),
8 × 21" (533 mm) T Tubes (2x4)
4 x .50cal (12.7mm) MG AA (4x1)
c1943:
1 x Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System
4 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (4x1)
8 × 21" (533 mm) T Tubes (2x4)
5 x Oerlikon 20 mm AA (5x1)
2 x Mk 51 Gun Directors
4 x Bofors 40 mm AA (2x2)
2 x Depth Charge stern racks

The third USS Farragut (DD-348), named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut USN (1801–1870), was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy.

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