USS Mertz
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USS Mertz (DD-691) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1972.
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United States | |
Name | Mertz |
Laid down | 10 May 1943 |
Launched | 11 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 23 April 1946 |
Stricken | 1 October 1970 |
Honours and awards | 10 Battle Stars |
Fate | Sold 16 December 1971, scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement | 336 |
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