USS Theodore E. Chandler
United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Theodore E. Chandler.
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United States | |
Name | USS Theodore E. Chandler |
Namesake | Theodore E. Chandler |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 23 April 1945 |
Launched | 20 October 1945 |
Commissioned | 22 March 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1 April 1975 |
Stricken | 1 April 1975 |
Identification | DD-717 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 December 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 officers and enlisted |
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Theodore E. Chandler was laid down on 23 April 1945 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding Company; launched on 20 October 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Theodore E. Chandler; and commissioned on 22 March 1946.