USS Charles S. Sperry
USS Charles S. Sperry in New York Harbor, 16 May 1944 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Charles S. Sperry |
| Namesake | Charles Stillman Sperry |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 19 October 1943 |
| Launched | 13 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss M. Sperry |
| Commissioned | 17 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 December 1973 |
| Stricken | 15 December 1973 |
| Fate | Sold to Chile, 8 January 1974 |
| Chile | |
| Name | Ministro Zenteno |
| Acquired | 8 January 1974 |
| Stricken | 1990 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter (after refit) |
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USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1973. In 1974, she was sold to Chile, where she served as Ministro Zenteno (D-16). She was finally scrapped in 1990.