USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590)
USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590) during the Iwo Jima campaign, 11 March 1945. She is wearing camouflage Measure 32, Design 3d. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Paul Hamilton |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 20 January 1943 |
| Launched | 7 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 24 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1968 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 2 April 1970 |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 329 |
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USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton (1762–1819).
Paul Hamilton was laid down 20 January 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched 7 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William Dewar Gordon; and commissioned 25 October 1943.