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    • DL-5 USS Wilkinson

    US US Navy




    1954 to 1969    


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    History of US DL-5 USS Wilkinson

    1948Orderedas DD-930
    1950-feb-1Laid down
    1951-feb-9reclassified as DL-5
    1952-apr-23Launched
    1954-jul-29Commissioned
    1969-dec-19Decommissioned
    1974-may-1Struck
    1975-jun-13Fate: scrappedLuria Brothers, Philadelphia

    Specifications

    		    

        from Mitscher class
    400crew
    4800full load (tn)
    150length (m)
    14.50beam (m)
    4.50draught (m)
    80000power (shp)
    4Naval Engine boilers
    2Naval Engine steam turbines
    2Naval Gun Mark 12 5/38 inch (127 mm)
    2Rocket Launcher Mk 108 Weapon Alfa ASW mortar
    1Torpedo Launchers Depth charge rack

    Aircraft

    		    

        Typical Max
    No Landing platform




    Builder

    		    

    US Fore River Shipyard,



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