USS Lowry
USS Lowry | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Lowry |
| Namesake | Reigart Bolivar Lowry |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro |
| Laid down | 1 August 1943 |
| Launched | 6 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 23 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | c.1973 |
| Stricken | 31 October 1973 |
| Fate | To Brazil 31 October 1973 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Espirito Santo |
| Stricken | 2 February 1996 |
| Fate | Scrapped October 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,200 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament |
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USS Lowry (DD-770), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Reigart Bolivar Lowry, who served in the Mexican–American War and was a member of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1855. He served with distinction in the American Civil War, capturing New Orleans and in the first attack on Vicksburg (April–June 1862).
Lowry was laid down on 1 August 1943 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California and launched on 6 February 1944; sponsored by Miss Ann Lowry. The ship was commissioned on 23 July 1944.