USS Beatty (DD-756)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Beatty |
Namesake | Frank Beatty |
Builder | Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 4 July 1944 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 31 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 14 July 1972 |
Stricken | 14 July 1972 |
Fate | To Venezuela 14 July 1972 |
Venezuela | |
Name | Carabobo |
Acquired | 14 July 1972 |
Stricken | 1981 |
Fate | Stricken and scrapped in 1981. |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 Beatty (DD-756), an
The second Beatty (DD-756) was
History
Beatty reported to Commander, Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet, 22 June 1945 for duty as a training ship. She operated in Chesapeake Bay and made one cruise to the Caribbean between June and November. On 10 November 1945 she departed Norfolk, Virginia for the Pacific, arriving at San Diego on 25 November. She remained on the west coast until the end of March 1946 when she rejoined the Atlantic Fleet.
Between February and August 1947 Beatty cruised in Northern European waters. She conducted her first tour in the Mediterranean between September 1948 and January 1949. While in the Mediterranean she served on patrol duty, based at Haifa, Israel, during the Arab-Israeli dispute. Retiring to the east coast Beatty operated out of Melville and Newport, Rhode Island, along the eastern seaboard, and in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico until March 1951 when she returned to the Mediterranean. This cruise lasted until June.
On 2 October 1951 Beatty departed Newport for
Beatty remained active with the Atlantic Fleet. She made several tours of the Mediterranean, as a unit of the 6th Fleet, and conducted local operations, type training, and training cruises along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean.
Beatty received two battle stars for her Korean service.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.