USS Du Pont (DD-941)
Du Pont off the coast of Lebanon, 1982. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Du Pont |
| Namesake | Samuel Francis Du Pont |
| Ordered | 30 July 1954 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 11 May 1955 |
| Launched | 8 September 1956 |
| Acquired | 21 June 1957 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 4 March 1983 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1990 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 10 February 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall. |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers, General Electric steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52,000 kW) (52 MW); 2 × shafts. |
| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 15 officers, 218 enlisted. |
| Armament |
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USS Du Pont (DD-941), named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont USN (1803–1865), was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. H. B. Du Pont, great-great-grandniece of Rear Admiral Du Pont; and commissioned 1 July 1957, Commander W. J. Maddocks in command.