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USS GLENNON DD840

USS GLENNON DD840

Class……………………………Gearing class destroyer

Builder……………………….. Bath Iron Works, Bath ME

Yard number………………. 260

Laid down..………………….12 March 1945

Launched….…………………14 July 1945

Completed.………………….4 October 1945

Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts : 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox oil fired boilers

Speed..…………………………36.5 knots

Range…………………………..4500nm at 20 knots

Fate

1 October 1976: Decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Register .

26 February 1981: Sunk as target off Puerto Rico

 

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