USS Jeffers
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Jeffers |
| Namesake | William N. Jeffers |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down | 25 March 1942 |
| Launched | 26 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 5 November 1942 |
| Identification | DD-621 |
| Reclassified | DMS-27, 15 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 23 May 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate | Sold 25 May 1973 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,630 tons |
| Length | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Jeffers (DD-621/DMS-27), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore William N. Jeffers.
Jeffers was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, 25 March 1942 and launched on 26 August 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Lucie Jeffers Lyons, great-granddaughter of Commodore Jeffers. The ship was commissioned on 5 November 1942.