USS Aulick (DD-569)
USS Aulick off Mare Island on 24 February 1945, | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Aulick |
| Namesake | John H. Aulick |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 14 May 1941 |
| Launched | 2 March 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Thaddeus A. Thomson |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 18 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1975 |
| Identification | DD-569 |
| Fate | Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 21 August 1959 |
| Greece | |
| Name | Sfendoni |
| Acquired | 21 August 1959 |
| Stricken | 1991 |
| Identification | D85 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 329 |
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USS Aulick (DD-569) was an American Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore John H. Aulick (1787–1873).