USS Jarvis (DD-799)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Jarvis.
USS Jarvis (DD-799) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third Navy ship named for Midshipman James C. Jarvis (1787–1800), who was killed at the age of 13 during the historic engagement between the famed frigate Constellation and the French frigate La Vengeance.
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Jarvis underway circa 1944 | |
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Name | Jarvis |
Laid down | 7 June 1943 |
Launched | 14 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 24 October 1960 |
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Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Spain | |
Name | Alcalá Galiano |
Acquired | 3 November 1960 |
Stricken | 15 December 1988 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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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 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 |
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Jarvis was laid down by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; 7 June 1943; launched 14 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Harold Burkit, daughter of Rufus C. Holman, U.S. Senator from Oregon; and commissioned 3 June 1944.