USS Halsey Powell

41°58′01″N 91°41′16″W / 41.9670250°N 91.6876830°W / 41.9670250; -91.6876830

USS Halsey Powell underway on 23 September 1962
History
United States
NameHalsey Powell
NamesakeHalsey Powell
BuilderBethlehem Mariners Harbor
Laid down3 February 1943
Launched30 June 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Halsey Powell
Commissioned25 October 1943
Decommissioned10 December 1946
Recommissioned27 April 1951
Decommissionedprior 27 April 1968
Stricken2 June 1975
Identification
MottoHave Guns Will Travel
Honours &
awards		See Awards
FateTransferred to South Korea, 27 April 1968
Badge
South Korea
Name
  • Seoul
  • (서울)
NamesakeSeoul
Acquired27 April 1968
Commissioned27 April 1968
ReclassifiedDD-912
Stricken1982
IdentificationHull number: DD-92
FateScrapped, 1982
General characteristics
Class & type
Displacement2,050 tons
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement336
Armament

USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

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