USS Turner (DD-648)
Undated photo of USS Turner on the East River in New York City near the Williamsburg Bridge | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Turner |
| Namesake | Daniel Turner |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 16 November 1942 |
| Launched | 28 February 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1943 |
| Fate | Sank, 3 January 1944 |
| Stricken | 8 April 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,630 long tons (1,656 t) |
| Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Installed power | 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37.4 kn (43.0 mph; 69.3 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (7,500 mi; 12,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
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USS Turner (DD-648), was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was commissioned on 15 April 1943 and sank after suffering internal explosions on 3 January 1944.