USS Mervine (DD-489)

History

United States
Name	Mervine
Namesake	William Mervine
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	3 November 1941
Launched	3 May 1942
Commissioned	17 June 1942
Identification	DD-489
Reclassified	DMS-31, 30 May 1945
Decommissioned	27 May 1949
Stricken	31 July 1968
Fate	Sold 27 October 1969 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class & type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); Westinghouse geared turbines; 2 propellers
Speed	over 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	271
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 4 × 40 mm AA guns (2×2), 2 × 20 mm AA guns, 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Mervine (DD-489/DMS-31), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral William Mervine, who served during the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Mervine was laid down on 3 November 1941 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 3 May 1942, sponsored by Miss Mildred Mervine great-granddaughter of the admiral. The ship was commissioned on 17 June 1942.