USS Wadleigh
USS Wadleigh (DD-689) Underway, c. 1951. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Wadleigh (DD-689) |
| Namesake | George H. Wadleigh |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 5 April 1943 |
| Launched | 7 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 1962 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1975 |
| Fate | Transferred to Chile, 26 July 1962 |
| History | |
| Chile | |
| Name | Blanco Encalada |
| Acquired | 26 July 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1982 |
| Stricken | 1982 |
| Fate | Sunk as target 28 September 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376.4 ft (114.7 m) |
| Beam | 39.6 ft (12.1 m) |
| Draft | 13.8 ft (4.2 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 329 |
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USS Wadleigh (DD-689) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral George H. Wadleigh (1842–1927).
Wadleigh was laid down on 5 April 1943 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; launched on 7 August 1943; sponsored by Miss Clara F. Wadleigh, daughter of RAdm. Wadleigh; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 19 October 1943.