USS John D. Henley

History
United States
Namesake	John D. Henley
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down	21 July 1941
Launched	15 November 1942
Commissioned	2 February 1944
Decommissioned	30 April 1946
Stricken	1 May 1968
Fate	Sold May 1970, and scrapped
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	6,500 nm @ 15 kn (12,000 km @ 28 km/h)
Complement	273
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns; 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × single depth charge throwers; 2 × depth charge racks;

USS John D. Henley (DD-553), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Captain John D. Henley (1781–1835).

John D. Henley was laid down on 21 July 1941 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Ala.; launched on 15 November 1942, sponsored by Miss Shelah Keith Kane, great-great-great-granddaughter of Captain Henley; and commissioned on 2 February 1944.