USS Halsey Powell
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For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Seoul.
41.9670250°N 91.6876830°W / 41.9670250; -91.6876830
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USS Halsey Powell underway on 23 September 1962 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Halsey Powell |
Namesake | Halsey Powell |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor |
Laid down | 3 February 1943 |
Launched | 30 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Halsey Powell |
Commissioned | 25 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 1946 |
Recommissioned | 27 April 1951 |
Decommissioned | prior 27 April 1968 |
Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
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Motto | Have Guns Will Travel |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 27 April 1968 |
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South Korea | |
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Namesake | Seoul |
Acquired | 27 April 1968 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1968 |
Reclassified | DD-912 |
Stricken | 1982 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-92 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1982 |
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 | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement | 336 |
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USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy.