USS David W. Taylor
USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) in 1943
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United States | |
Name | David W. Taylor |
Namesake | David W. Taylor |
Builder | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama |
Laid down | 12 June 1941 |
Launched | 4 July 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 August 1946 |
Fate | Leased to Spain, 15 May 1957 |
Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
Spain | |
Name | Almirante Ferrandíz |
Acquired | 15 May 1957 |
Stricken | 17 November 1987 |
Identification | D22 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
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 |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 273 |
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USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral David W. Taylor (1864–1940).
She was
History
David W. Taylor was built by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama, laid down on 12 June 1941, launched on 4 July 1942, and commissioned on 18 September 1943.
She escorted a convoy of merchantmen from Charleston, South Carolina to Pearl Harbor arriving on 20 January 1944. Three days later she got underway to screen a support convoy to the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, returning to Pearl Harbor on 29 February. After escorting the aircraft carrier Intrepid to San Francisco, she sailed from Pearl Harbor 1 April to patrol in the Marshall Islands until 12 May. Returning to Pearl Harbor 18 May, she had training duties there until 7 June.
From 15 June to 4 August 1944 David W. Taylor sailed in the screen of
On 29 December 1944 she sailed from Ulithi for the air raids on the
Sailing from
Almirante Ferrandíz (D22)
On 15 May 1957, the destroyer was leased to Spain where she served in the Armada Española as Almirante Ferrandíz (D22). Spain purchased the destroyer on 1 October 1972. The ship remained in service until 17 November 1987,[1] when she was stricken and scrapped.
Honors
David W. Taylor received eight
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
- ^ Fred Willshaw. "USS David W. Taylor (DD-551)". Destroyer Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
External links
- Willshaw, Fred. "USS David W. Taylor (DD-551)". Destroyer Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 22 December 2008.