USS John R. Pierce
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS John R. Pierce (DD-753), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander John Reeves Pierce.
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United States | |
Name | John R. Pierce |
Namesake | John Reeves Pierce |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 24 March 1944 |
Launched | 1 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 30 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | c.1973 |
Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
Motto | Swift and Sure |
Fate | Sold 6 November 1974 and broken up for scrap. |
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 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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