USS Leutze
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USS Leutze (DD-481) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze (1847–1931).
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Name | Leutze |
Namesake | Eugene H. C. Leutze |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Laid down | 3 June 1941 |
Launched | 29 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 4 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 6 December 1945 |
Stricken | 3 January 1947 |
Motto | The Lucky Lady[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 June 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 329 |
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Leutze was laid down on 3 June 1941 by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington and launched 29 October 1942; sponsored by Miss Caroline Rowcliffe, granddaughter of Rear Adm. E. H. C. Leutze, daughter of Rear Adm. Gilbert Jonathan Rowcliff. The ship was commissioned 4 March 1944.