USS Hull (DD-945)
USS Hull, 21 October 1971. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | Isaac Hull |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 12 September 1956 |
| Launched | 10 August 1957 |
| Acquired | 25 June 1958 |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1958 |
| Decommissioned | 11 July 1983 |
| Stricken | 15 November 1983 |
| Fate | Sunk as a weapons test platform, 7 April 1998 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 407 ft (124 m) waterline, 418 ft (127 m) overall. |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 x 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers w/Bailey 'Iowa type' ACC, General Electric steam turbines; 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 x shafts. |
| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 15 officers, 218 enlisted. |
| Armament | 3 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre dual purpose Mk 42 guns; 4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50 calibre Mark 33 anti-aircraft guns; 2 × mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tubes. |
USS Hull (DD-945), named for Commodore Isaac Hull USN (1773 to 1843), was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine. Laid down on 12 September 1956 and launched 10 August 1957, by Mrs. Albert G. Mumma.