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Woodworth

USS Woodworth

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 5″ guns

Collided with Buchanan at Kolombangara. Sold to Italy in 1951 as Artigliere.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Woodworth (DD-460) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 11 June 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 6D. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 5-inch 38 caliber dual purpose guns
  • 1 × quad 1.1 in (28 mm) gun
  • 5 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 5 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down30 April 1941
Launched29 November 1941
Commissioned30 April 1942
Displacement1,620 long tons (1,646 t)
Length347 ft 9 in (105.99 m)
Speed37.6 knots (69.6 km/h; 43.3 mph)
Complement276

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

Career

Launched

29 November 1941

12–13 July 1943

Collided with Buchanan