USS Jenkins (DD-447)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Jenkins |
| Namesake | Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 27 November 1941 |
| Launched | 21 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1946 |
| Reclassified | DDE-447, 2 January 1951 |
| Recommissioned | 2 November 1951 |
| Decommissioned | February 1969 |
| Stricken | 2 July 1969 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,100 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 4 in (114.71 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 5 in (12.01 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 273 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Jenkins (DD-447) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, the second ship named after Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins. Beginning service during World War II, the destroyer saw action in the Pacific theatre. Jenkins was placed in reserve following the end of the war, until 1951, when the ship was reactivated for the Korean War. She served in the western Pacific until 1969 when the destroyer was taken out of service and sold for scrap in 1971.