USS Beatty (DD-756)
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Beatty.
USS Beatty (DD-756), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Frank Beatty.
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United States | |
Name | Beatty |
Namesake | Frank Beatty |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 4 July 1944 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 31 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 14 July 1972 |
Stricken | 14 July 1972 |
Fate | To Venezuela 14 July 1972 |
Venezuela | |
Name | Carabobo |
Acquired | 14 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1981 |
Fate | Stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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The second Beatty (DD-756) was launched on 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Mrs. Charles H. Drayton, daughter, and Miss Mary Drayton, granddaughter of Admiral Beatty; and commissioned on 31 March 1945.