USS Van Voorhis
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USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028) was a Courtney-class destroyer escort, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Bruce Van Voorhis (1908–1942), a naval aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for action in the Eastern Caroline Islands.
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United States | |
Name | USS Van Voorhis |
Namesake | Bruce Van Voorhis |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 29 August 1955 |
Launched | 28 July 1956 |
Commissioned | 22 April 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 June 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dealey-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load |
Length | 314 ft 6 in (95.86 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 170 |
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Van Voorhis was laid down on 29 August 1955 at the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, New Jersey; launched on 28 July 1956, sponsored by Mrs. Kathryn Van Voorhis, the widow of Cmdr. Van Voorhis; and commissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 April 1957.