USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Willard Keith.
USS Willard Keith (DD-775), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is currently the only completed ship of the United States Navy ever named for Willard Keith, a United States Marine Corps captain who died in combat during the campaign for Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions.
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Name | Willard Keith |
Namesake | Willard Keith |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro |
Laid down | 5 March 1944 |
Launched | 29 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Motto | Per Angusta Ad Augusta, Latin for "By Narrow Paths to High Places" |
Fate | To Colombia 1 July 1972 |
Colombia | |
Name | Caldas |
Acquired | 1 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1977 |
Identification | DD-02 |
Fate | Scrapped 1977 |
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 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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Willard Keith (DD-775) was laid down on 5 March 1944, at San Pedro, Los Angeles, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and launched on 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Willard W. Keith, the mother of Capt. Keith. The ship was commissioned on 27 December 1944.