USS Waldron
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USS Waldron (DD-699), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John C. Waldron, a U.S. Naval aviator who led a squadron of torpedo bombers in World War II.
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Waldron in 1964 following her FRAM II modernization | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Waldron |
Namesake | John C. Waldron |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 16 November 1943 |
Launched | 26 March 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Nancy Waldron |
Commissioned | 7 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 October 1973 |
Stricken | 31 October 1973 |
Identification | DD-699 |
Fate | Sold to Colombia 30 October 1973 |
Colombia | |
Name | ARC Santander |
Acquired | 30 October 1973 |
Stricken | Stricken in 1986 |
Identification | DD-03 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1986 |
General characteristics | |
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 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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