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     715 William M. Wood      

Photo byOctober 1972. The Black Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.
Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Gearing, [D].

Builder: Federal Shipbuilding Drydock Company, New Jersey, USA.
Launch date: 29 July 1945.
Commission date: 24 November 1945.
Decommission date: 1 December 1976.

Displacement ( tons ): 2425 standard, 3520 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 119 x 12,5 x 6.
Main machinery: 2 x GE geared turbines ( 60000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 34.
Range ( miles ): 5800 at 15 knots.
Complement: 274 ( 14 officers ).

Guns: 3 x 2 127mm Mk38; 2 x 4 40mm, 2 x 2 40mm, 11 x 1 20mm; 2 x 2 40mm, 2 x 1 20mm ( after modernisation ).
Missiles: ASW: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk16 ( after modernisation ).
Torpedoes: 2 x 5 533mm; 2 x 3 324mm Mk32 ( after modernisation ).

Radars: Air: AN/SPS-37; Surface: AN/SPS-10.
Sonars: AN/SQS-23.

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