USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Myles C. Fox.
USS Myles C. Fox (DD/DDR-829) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II and the years following. She was named for Myles C. Fox, a USMC lieutenant who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for actions during World War II.
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USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) underway in early 1970s | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) |
Namesake | Myles C. Fox |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 14 August 1944 |
Launched | 13 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 20 March 1945 |
Reclassified | DDR-829, 18 March 1949 |
Reclassified | DD-829, 1 April 1964 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1979 |
Stricken | 1 October 1979 |
Fate | Transferred to Greece for spare parts, 2 August 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Propulsion | 4 Babcock & Wilcox 615 psi (4.24 MPa) 850 °F (450 °C) superheated express type boilers supplying two sets of high pressure, low pressure and cruising turbines generating a total of 60,000 shp (45 MW) to two shafts each with a 12.5 foot (3.8 m) four-bladed propeller. Shaft rpm: 350, speed at standard displacement: 34.5 knots (64 km/h) |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Complement | 367 |
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