USS Frank E. Evans
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Evans.
USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She was named in honor of United States Marine Corps Brigadier General Frank Evans, a leader of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I.[1] She served late in World War II and during the Korean War and Vietnam War before she was cut in half in a collision with the Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in 1969.
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Name | USS Frank E. Evans |
Namesake | Brigadier General Frank Evans |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York |
Laid down | 21 April 1944 |
Launched | 3 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 3 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 14 December 1949 |
Recommissioned | 15 September 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1969 |
Stricken | 1 July 1969 |
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Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons standard, 3,218 tons full load |
Length | 376.5 ft (114.8 m) |
Beam | 41.1 ft (12.5 m) |
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Speed | 36.5 kn (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
Range | 3,300 mi (5,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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