USS Glennon (DD-840)
USS Glennon underway in 1948 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USS Glennon |
| Namesake | James H. Glennon |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 12 March 1945 |
| Launched | 14 July 1945 |
| Commissioned | 4 October 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1976 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1976 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk as a target, 26 February 1981 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament |
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USS Glennon (DD-840) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral James H. Glennon (1857–1940).
Glennon was launched on 14 July 1945 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss Frances Reading Glennon, granddaughter; and commissioned on 4 October 1945.