USS Massey
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USS Massey (DD-778), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was a United States Navy ship that served between 1944 and 1973.
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USS Massey in 1971 | |
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United States | |
Name | Massey |
Namesake | Lance Edward Massey |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle |
Laid down | 14 January 1944 |
Launched | 12 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 24 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | c.1969 |
Stricken | 17 September 1973 |
Identification | NTSS (radio call sign) |
Fate | Sold 13 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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