USS Drexler
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Drexler (DD-741), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Ensign Henry Clay Drexler, a Medal of Honor recipient.
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United States | |
Namesake | Henry Clay Drexler |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 24 April 1944 |
Launched | 3 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 14 November 1944 |
Honors and awards | One Battle star |
Fate | Sunk by kamikaze[1] 28 May 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
Complement | 357 |
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The Drexler was launched on 3 September 1944 by Bath Iron Works Corp., in Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. L. A. Drexler, the mother of Ensign Drexler; and commissioned on 14 November 1944.