USS Chauncey (DD-667)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chauncey.
USS Chauncey (DD-667) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third Navy ship named for Commodore Isaac Chauncey (1779–1840).
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USS Chauncey in New York Harbor with Statue of Liberty on 13 August 1943. | |
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United States | |
Name | Chauncey |
Namesake | Isaac Chauncey |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Laid down | 14 November 1942 |
Launched | 28 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 14 May 1954 |
Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Fate | Sold 2 January 1974 for scrapping |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 319 |
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Chauncey was launched 28 March 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. R. K. Anderson; and commissioned 31 May 1943.