USS Soley
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Soley (DD-707), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for James R. Soley, who became Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1899. Soley was responsible for the collection and publication of Union and Confederate Naval records. He is considered to be a naval historian.
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Soley underway on 19 November 1961 | |
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Name | Soley |
Namesake | James R. Soley |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 18 April 1944 |
Launched | 8 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 13 February 1970 |
Stricken | 1 July 1970 |
Motto | Libertatis Servito |
Fate | Disposed of in a fleet training exercise 18 September 1970 |
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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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Soley was laid down on 18 April 1944 at Kearny, New Jersey, by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. and launched on 8 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. C. M. Cornfelt, Mrs. Howard C. Dickinson, and Mrs. Howard C. Dickinson, Jr. The ship was commissioned on 7 December 1944.