USS Buck (DD-761)
USS Buck | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Buck |
| Namesake | James Buck |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco |
| Laid down | 1 February 1944 |
| Launched | 11 March 1945 |
| Commissioned | 28 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 15 July 1973 |
| Fate | To Brazil 16 July 1973 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Alagoas |
| Acquired | 16 July 1973 |
| Stricken | 30 June 1995 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,200 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament |
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The third USS Buck (DD-761), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for James Buck, a Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient.
The second Buck (DD-761) was launched on 11 March 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, California, sponsored by Miss Mary Nimitz, daughter of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; and commissioned on 28 June 1946.