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Dyson

USS Dyson

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns

Fought at Empress Augusta Bay and Cape St. George.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Dyson (DD-572) underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 30 September 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 16D. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
  • 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × single depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge racks
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down25 June 1941
Launched15 April 1942
Commissioned30 December 1942
Displacement2,050 long tons (2,080 t)
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement329

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 April 1942

1–2 November 1943

25–26 November 1943