USS Bristol (DD-857)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Bristol.
USS Bristol (DD-857), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol, who served as Commander-in-Chief North Atlantic Fleet from 1901 to 1903.
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USS Bristol underway in August 1959 | |
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United States | |
Name | Bristol |
Namesake | Mark Lambert Bristol |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 5 May 1944 |
Launched | 29 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. August Frederick Eberly |
Commissioned | 17 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 21 November 1969 |
Stricken | 21 November 1969 |
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Motto | Ship Shape & Bristol Fashion |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 9 December 1969 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Hua Yang |
Acquired | 9 December 1969 |
Commissioned | 9 December 1969 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-3 |
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Decommissioned | 25 April 1994 |
Stricken | 1994 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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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