USS Hugh Purvis
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1972. She was then transferred to Turkey and served until 1993 as TCG Zafer (D356). The ship was scrapped in 1994.
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United States | |
Name | Hugh Purvis |
Namesake | Hugh Purvis |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
Laid down | 23 May 1944 |
Launched | 17 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 15 June 1972 |
Stricken | 1 February 1973 |
Fate | Sold to Turkey 1 July 1972 |
Turkey | |
Name | Zafer |
Acquired | 1 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1993 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1994 |
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 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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