USS Bush (DD-529)
USS Bush (DD-529) off Mare Island, 11 June 1944 with camouflage Measure 32. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Bush |
| Namesake | William Sharp Bush |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 12 February 1942 |
| Launched | 27 October 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk by kamikazes off Okinawa, 6 April 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Bush (DD-529), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant William Sharp Bush, USMC, who served on the Constitution during the War of 1812.
Bush was launched 27 October 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif., sponsored by Miss Marion Jackson, great-great-grandniece of Lieutenant Bush; and commissioned 10 May 1943.