Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

DD-432 USS Kearny

• Gleaves class Destroyer:
• Displacement: 2,450 tons
• Length: 348'4"
• Beam: 36'0"
• Draft: 17'6"
• Speed: 37 knots
• Armament: 4 5"/38 DP, 2x2 40mm, 7 20mm, 2 dc tracks, 6 dc projectors, 1x5 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 276
• High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.
• Built at Federal, Kearny, and commissioned 13 September1940

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Kearny
• U.S.S. Kearny (DD-432)

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(After being torpedoed by U-568 in October 1941)

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