Ship's Characteristics |
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| Namesake: | Jeremiah O’Brien |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid Down: | July 12, 1943 |
| Launched: | December 5, 1943 |
| Commissioned: | February 25, 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | February 18, 1972 |
| Struck: | February 18, 1972 |
| Class and Type: | Allen M. Sumner – class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 Tons |
| Length: | 376 ft. 6in. (114.8m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft. (912.2m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft. 8 in. (4.8m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW) – 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 6500 nmi (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement | 336 |
| Armament: | 6 X 5 n./38 guns (12cm) 12 x 40mm AA guns 11 x 20mm AA guns 10 x 21 in. torpedo ubs 6 x depth charge projectors 2 x dept charge tracks |