USS Luce (DD-522)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Luce.
USS Luce (DD-522), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce (1827–1917).
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Name | Luce |
Namesake | Stephen B. Luce |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island |
Laid down | 24 August 1942 |
Launched | 6 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 21 June 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by kamikazes,[1] 4 May 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 336 |
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Luce was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., 24 August 1942; launched 6 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Stephen B. Luce, Jr., wife of Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce's grandson; and commissioned 21 June 1943.