USS Holder (DD-819)
USS Holder | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Holder |
| Namesake | Randolph M. Holder |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 23 April 1945 |
| Launched | 25 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 18 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1976 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 October 1976 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Ecuador, 23 February 1977 |
| History | |
| Ecuador | |
| Name | BAE Presidente Eloy Alfaro |
| Namesake | Eloy Alfaro |
| Acquired | 23 February 1977 |
| Stricken | 1991 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap, 1991 |
| 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 Holder (DD/DDE-819) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant (jg) Randolph Mitchell Holder, a Navy pilot who was killed during the Battle of Midway.
Holder was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, on 25 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Annette Holder, mother of Lieutenant (j.g.) Holder; and commissioned on 18 May 1946 at Orange, Texas, Comdr. Barry K. Atkins in command.