USS Timmerman
USS Timmerman underway in 1953 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Timmerman |
| Namesake | United States Marine Grant F. Timmerman |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 1 October 1945 |
| Launched | 19 May 1951 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Fred Timmerman |
| Commissioned | 26 September 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 27 July 1956 |
| Reclassified | EDD-828, 4 March 1950; AG-152, 11 January 1954 |
| Stricken | 4 April 1958 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold in 1959 and scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,460 tons |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) (Max) |
| Propulsion | 100,000 shp (75 MW) (in theory); 1 (port) General Electric Turbine 2,000psi/1,050 °F, 1 (starboard) Westinghouse turbine 875psi/1,050 °F (both intended for the cancelled DD-452), 2 screws |
| Speed | Est. 40–43 knots (74–80 km/h; 46–49 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 officer and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Timmerman (DD-828/EDD-828/AG-152) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956. She was an experimental design and was scrapped in 1959.