USS Decatur (DD-936)
- See USS Decatur for other ships of the same name.
Decatur underway on 13 April 1963. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Stephen Decatur |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 13 September 1954 |
| Launched | 15 December 1955 |
| Acquired | 30 November 1956 |
| Commissioned | 7 December 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1983 |
| Stricken | 16 March 1988 |
| Fate | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 22 July 2004 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,050 tons |
| Length | 418 ft 6 in (128 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion | 70,000 shp (52.2 MW); Geared turbines, two propellers |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 4500 nautical miles (8,300 km) |
| Complement | 337 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | 5 |
| Armament |
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The fourth USS Decatur (DD-936) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy in service from 1956 to 1983. She was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur USN (1779–1820). Decatur was modernised as a guided missile destroyer in the mid-1960s and re-designated DDG-31. After her decommissioning in 1983, she operated as the U.S. Navy's Self Defense Test Ship from 1994 to 2003. She was finally sunk as a target the following year.