USS Wilkinson
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USS Wilkinson (DL-5) was a Mitscher class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Vice Admiral Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson USN (1888–1946).
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USS Wilkinson (DL-5) in late 1950s | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard |
Laid down | 1 February 1950 |
Launched | 23 April 1952 |
Commissioned | 29 July 1954 |
Decommissioned | 19 December 1969 |
Stricken | 1 May 1974 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 13 June 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mitscher class destroyer |
Displacement | 4,730 |
Length | 493'0" (150.3 m) |
Beam | 50'0" (15.2 m) |
Draft | 14'0" (4.3 m) |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 403 |
Armament | 2x 5"/54 (127 mm/54) caliber Mark 42 gun, 4x 3" (76 mm), 8x 20 mm cannons, 2x ASW rocket (Weapon Alfa), 1x depth charge track |
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Wilkinson was laid down by the Shipbuilding Division of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Quincy in Massachusetts on 1 February 1950; originally designated DD-930, she was reclassified as a destroyer leader and designated DL-5 on 9 February 1951, launched on 23 April 1952 by Lady Catherine Moore, the former Mrs. Theodore S. Wilkinson and commissioned on 3 August 1954.