USS Castle
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United States | |
Name | USS Castle |
Namesake | Guy W. S. Castle |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey |
Laid down | 11 July 1945 |
Completed | Never |
Commissioned | Never |
Stricken | 2 November 1954 |
Identification | DD-720 |
Fate | Sold incomplete for scrapping 29 August 1955 |
Notes | Construction suspended when 60.3% complete |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Castle (DD-720) was a planned United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed. It was to be named for Guy W. S. Castle (1879–1919), a United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient.
Castle was laid down on 11 July 1945 by the
3rd Naval District
, was authorized to accept Castle in an uncompleted state.
Delivered as 60.3% complete, Castle was slated for scrapping in a Congressional resolution approved on 23 August 1954. Her name was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 November 1954, and she was sold for scrapping on 29 August 1955.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy Destroyer Archive USS Castle (DD-720)