USS O'Brien (DD-725)
USS O'Brien (DD-725), off Boston, Massachusetts, 3 May 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | O'Brien |
| Namesake | Jeremiah O'Brien |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 12 July 1943 |
| Launched | 8 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 18 February 1972 |
| Stricken | 18 February 1972 |
| Fate | Sunk as target off California on 13 July 1972 |
| 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 O'Brien (DD-725), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on 12 June 1775 during the American Revolution.
The fourth O'Brien (DD-725) was laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 12 July 1943 and launched on 8 December 1943; sponsored by Miss Josephine O'Brien Campbell, great-great-great-granddaughter of Gideon O'Brien. The ship was commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard on 25 February 1944.