USS Sigsbee
USS Sigsbee (DD-502) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Charles D. Sigsbee |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 22 July 1942 |
| Launched | 7 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1974 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975 |
| 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 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Sigsbee (DD-502), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee (1845–1923).