USS Chevalier (DD-805)
USS Chevalier in the 1940s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Chevalier |
| Namesake | Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 12 June 1944 |
| Launched | 29 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 9 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1972 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | Chevy |
| Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 5 July 1972 |
| Badge | |
| South Korea | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Chungbuk |
| Acquired | 5 July 1972 |
| Identification | Hull number: DD-915 |
| Fate | Scrapped, December 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament |
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USS Chevalier (DD/DDR-805) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant Commander Godfrey DeC. Chevalier (1889–1922), a pioneer of naval aviation.
Chevalier was launched 29 October 1944 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. G. DeC. Chevalier; and commissioned 9 January 1945. She was ordered as a radar picket destroyer. Her mid-section torpedo tubes were removed to make room for a second radar mast and aft torpedo tubes were replaced with quad mounted 40 mm Bofors AA guns to protect her against Kamikaze attacks.