USS Irwin

History
United States
Namesake	Noble E. Irwin
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California
Laid down	2 May 1943
Launched	31 October 1943
Commissioned	14 February 1944
Decommissioned	10 January 1958
Stricken	15 March 1973
Fate	Transferred to Brazil; 10 May 1968;
History
Brazil
Name	Santa Catarina (D32)
Acquired	10 May 1968
Stricken	28 December 1988
Fate	Sunk in 1990
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.7 ft (12.1 m)
Draft	17.9 ft (5.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW);; 2 propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6500 nmi. (12,000 km); @ 15 kt;
Complement	320
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm),; 10 × 40 mm AA guns,; 7 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge posts,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Irwin (DD-794), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Noble E. Irwin (1869–1937).

Irwin was launched 31 October 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California; sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., daughter of Admiral Irwin and wife of Vice Admiral Lockwood; and commissioned 14 February 1944.