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USS Du Pont
DD 941 (Forrest Sherman class)
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid Down: May 11, 1955
Launched: September 8, 1956
Commissioned: July 1, 1957
Decommissioned: March 4, 1983
Fate: Stricken 6/90; scrap 1993
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The Forrest Sherman Class as Constructed
Displacement: 4,619 tons fully loaded.
Length: 418'
Beam: 44'
Draught: 11' (keel); 15' (Sonar dome)
Machinery: 70,000 shp; 2 screws
Performance: 33 kts.
Range: 4,500 miles at 20 kts.
Guns: (3) FMC 5" 54 cal Mk-42;
(4) 3"/50
Torpedoes: 2 Hedghog Mortars; 4 x 21" Torpedoes
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