USS Owen

History
United States
Namesake	Elias K. Owen
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down	17 September 1942
Launched	21 March 1943
Commissioned	20 September 1943
Decommissioned	27 May 1958
Stricken	15 April 1973
Fate	Sold for scrap, 27 November 1973
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	6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt
Complement	329
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;