USS Borie (DD-704)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Borie.
USS Borie (DD-704), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Adolph E. Borie, Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Borie |
Namesake | Adolph E. Borie |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 29 February 1944 |
Launched | 4 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Fate | To Argentina 1 July 1972 |
Argentina | |
Name | Hipólito Bouchard |
Namesake | Hippolyte de Bouchard |
Acquired | 1 July 1972 |
Decommissioned | 1984 |
Stricken | 1984 |
Identification | D-26 |
Fate | Broken up for scrap 1984 |
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) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 kn (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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