USS Steinaker
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For the cancelled destroyer escort, see USS Steinaker (DE-452).
The second USS Steinaker (DD-863/DDR-863/DD-863) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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USS Steinaker (DD-863) in the North Atlantic, in 1951. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Steinaker |
Namesake | Private First Class Donald B. Steinaker (1922-1942), a United States Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 1 September 1944 |
Launched | 13 February 1945 |
Sponsored by | Miss Carol Steinaker |
Commissioned | 26 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 24 February 1982 |
Stricken | 24 February 1982 |
Nickname(s) | "Stinky"[citation needed] |
Fate | Sold to Mexican Navy, 24 February 1982; renamed ARM Netzahualcóyotl (D-102); Retired in 2014 and slated to be sunk as an artificial reef |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 tons (full) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4 m) |
Propulsion | 2-screw General Electric geared turbines, 60,000 shp |
Speed | 36.8 knots |
Range | 4500 nm @ 20 knots |
Complement | 336 |
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