USS Woolsey (DD-437)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 9 October 1939 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 7 May 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 February 1947 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate: | Sold to Andy International, Inc., for scrapping on 29 May 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,630 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp (37 MW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 kt (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Woolsey (DD-437), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship to be named Woolsey in the United States Navy. It is the first to be named for both Commodore Melancthon Brooks Woolsey and his father Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey.
Woolsey was laid down on 9 October 1939 at Bath, Maine by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 12 February 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Irving Spencer, and commissioned on 7 May 1941 with Lieutenant Commander William H. Von Dreele in command.
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