USS STEVENS DD 479 SPECIFICATIONS

 

 

AS BUILT FEBRUARY 1943

Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina

Length Overall:  376'-5 1/2".  Maximum Beam:  39'-8".  Overall Height:  86'

Normal Displacement:  2,050 long tons

Draft:  Light:  8'-1"; Mean:  13'-5";  Deep:  22'-8"

Designed Complement:  Officers, 34; Enlisted, 295

Designed Shaft Horsepower:  60,000

Designed Speed:  36 knots

Screws:  Two, three blade.  Rudder:  One.  Stacks:  Two

Tactical Diameter:  950 yards at 30 knots

Endurance:  4,800 nautical miles at 15 knots

Armament:  Four 5" 38 cal. dual purpose, single mount, manually loaded guns

                    One 40 mm dual purpose, dual mount, auto loaded rapid fire guns

                    Ten 20 mm dual purpose, single mount, auto loaded rapid fire guns

                    One battery of five 20" torpedo tubes

                    One Kingfisher OS2U float plane with 100 lb. bombs

                    Two racks of 600 lb. depth charges

                    Six K gun 300 lb. depth charge throwers

 

AS MODIFIED DECEMBER 1943

Mare Island Navy Yard, California

Armament:  Five 5" 38 cal. dual purpose, single mount, manually loaded guns

                    Five 40 mm dual purpose, dual mount, auto loaded rapid fire guns

                    Nine 20 mm dual purpose, single mount, auto loaded rapid fire  guns

                    Two batteries of five 20" torpedo tubes

                    Two racks of six 600 lb. depth charges

                    Six K gun 300 lb. depth charge throwers

 

 

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