USS Newcomb
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USS Newcomb (DD-586) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Commodore Frank H. Newcomb of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, Congressional Gold Medal recipient from the Spanish–American War.
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Name | Newcomb |
Namesake | Frank H. Newcomb |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 19 March 1943 |
Launched | 4 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 20 November 1945 |
Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
Fate | Scrapped, October 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
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) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement | 336 |
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Newcomb was laid down on 19 March 1943 by Boston Navy Yard and launched on 4 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. C. C. Baughman. The ship was commissioned on 10 November 1943.