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Lansdowne

USS Lansdowne

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassGleaves
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns

Sank the burning Wasp with torpedoes.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Lansdowne (DD-486) disembarking the Japanese party into a boat from the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) for transport to USS Missouri (BB-63) for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
  • 8 × 1.1 in (27.9 mm) guns (2×4)
  • 4 × 40 mm AA guns.
  • 5 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down31 July 1941
Launched20 February 1942
Commissioned29 April 1942
Displacement1,630 tons (2,200 tons loaded)
Length348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Speed37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Complement16 officers, 260 enlisted

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

Career

Launched

20 February 1942

15 September 1942

Fate

Survived

Scrapped in 1973