USS Winslow (DD-359)
USS Winslow c. late 1930s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Winslow |
| Namesake | Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow and Cameron McRae Winslow |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 18 December 1933 |
| Launched | 21 September 1936 |
| Commissioned | 17 February 1937 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 1950 |
| Stricken | 5 December 1957 |
| Identification | Hull number: DD-359/AG-127 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 23 February 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Porter-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,850 tons |
| Length | 381 ft (116 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 238 officers and enlisted |
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USS Winslow (DD-359/AG-127) was a Porter-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1937 to 1950. Winslow was the last surviving U.S. destroyer commissioned during the 1930s before she was sold for scrap in 1959. Winslow was the 28th of 66 U.S. destroyers commissioned during the 1930s and the longest serving (13 yrs. 9 mos.). All of the other U.S. 1930's era destroyers had been decommissioned by 1947 and gone to the ship breakers before 1950, most by 1947. 23 U.S. destroyers commissioned during the 1930s were lost to enemy action or foundered in storms.