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Stanly

USS Stanly

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns

Fought at Empress Augusta Bay. Hit by a piloted Ōka rocket bomb off Okinawa in April 1945, which went straight through her bow.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Stanly (DD-478) underway off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), circa in 1943. 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
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Laid down15 September 1941
Launched2 May 1942
Commissioned15 October 1942
Displacement2,050 tons
Length376 ft 6 in (114.7 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

2 May 1942

1–2 November 1943

19–20 June 1944