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Maury

USS Maury

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassGridley
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns

In the van at Tassafaronga.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Maury (DD-401) as completed, in mid-1938. The original print has been autographed by Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, who served with Maury while he was a Destroyer Division commander in 1943. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns
  • 16 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderUnion Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down24 March 1936
Launched14 February 1938
Commissioned5 August 1938
Displacement1,500 tons
Length341 ft 4 in (104.04 m)
Speed36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Complement176

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

Career

Launched

14 February 1938

30 November 1942

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrapping, 13 June 1946