Type............................. Destroyer US Navy
Class............................ Fletcher
Penant.......................... DD 668
Built By....................... Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Laid down.................... 9th December 1942
Launched..................... 18th April 1943
Commissioned............ 11th June 1943
Displacement............... 2050 BRT
Complement................ 350 men (approx)
Maximum speed.......... 35 Knots (approx)
Length.......................... 376 feet (approx)
Engines........................ Geared Turbines
Armament.................... 5 5" guns
..................................... 5 21" torpedo tubes
..................................... Various smaller guns
Decommissioned......... 16th July 1946
End of service............. Broken up for scrap in 1987
Produced by R W Mullaney