USS Hunt (DD-674)

History
United States
Namesake	William H. Hunt
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
Laid down	31 March 1943
Launched	1 August 1943
Commissioned	22 September 1943 to 15 December 1945; 31 October 1951 to 30 December 1963;
Stricken	1 December 1974
Fate	Sold for scrap 14 August 1975
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,924 tons (full)
Length	376 ft 5 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 7 in (12.1 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW);; geared turbines;; 2 propellers;
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range	6,500 nautical miles at 15 kt; (12,000 km at 30 km/h);
Complement	273 officers and crew
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns,; 4 × 40 mm AA guns,; 4 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Hunt (DD-674) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy under President James A. Garfield.

Hunt was launched by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J., 1 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Kent Hewitt, wife of Vice Admiral Hewitt, and granddaughter of the namesake; and commissioned 22 September 1943.