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McDermut

USS McDermut

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns

Her torpedoes at Surigao Strait may have hit three destroyers: Yamagumo blew up, Michishio sank and Asagumo lost her bow.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS McDermut (DD-677) underway at sea off Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), circa the mid-1950s. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20). Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
  • 10 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 7 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
Laid down14 June 1943
Launched17 October 1943
Commissioned19 November 1943
Displacement2,050 tons
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement319

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

Career

Launched

17 October 1943

24–25 October 1944

First destroyer attack