USS Southerland
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USS Southerland (DD-743), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for William Henry Hudson Southerland, an admiral.
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United States | |
Name | USS Southerland |
Namesake | William Henry Hudson Southerland |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 27 May 1944 |
Launched | 5 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 22 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 26 February 1981 |
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Stricken | 23 February 1981 |
Homeport | San Diego, California |
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Fate | Sunk as a target, 2 August 1997 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Speed | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
Complement | 367 |
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Southerland was laid down on 27 May 1944 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine and launched on 5 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edmund Richardson, daughter of Rear Admiral Southerland. The destroyer was commissioned on 22 December 1944.