USS Cecil J. Doyle
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Doyle.
USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was finally sunk as a target in 1967.
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United States | |
Name | Cecil J. Doyle |
Namesake | Cecil J. Doyle |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
Laid down | 12 May 1944 |
Launched | 1 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 16 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1946 |
Stricken | 1 July 1967 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 2 December 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 24 kn (44 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
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