USS Watts

	USS Watts (DD-567) underway, circa 1955
History
United States
Namesake	John Watts
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	26 March 1943
Launched	31 December 1943
Commissioned	29 April 1944
Decommissioned	December 1964
Stricken	1 February 1974
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 September 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (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) at 15 kt
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm) guns; 4 × 40 mm AA guns; 4 × 20 mm AA guns; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Watts (DD-567) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.