 The Duncan at sea |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 22 May 1944 |
| Launched: | 27 October 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 25 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 January 1971 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target 31 July 1980 |
| Struck: | 1 February 1974 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,425 |
| Length: | 390' 6" |
| Beam: | 41' 1" |
| Draft: | 18' 6" |
| Propulsion: | 2 General Electric geared turbines at 60,000 shp |
| Speed: | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 336 |
| Armament: | 6 x 5 inch/38 dual purpose guns, 12 x 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 11 x 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Duncan (DD-874), named for Captain Silas Duncan USN (1788–1834), was a Gearing-class destroyer laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 22 May 1944, launched on 27 October 1944 by Mrs. D. C. Thayer and commissioned on 25 February 1945, Commander P. D. Williams in command. She was reclassified DDR-874 on 18 March 1949.
Duncan was assigned to the Pacific for patrol duty off the Chinese and Korean coasts during the landing of occupation troops, operated with the Seventh Fleet in support of United Nations Forces during the Korean War, alternated operations along the West Coast and in Hawaiian waters with deployments to the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet, and served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon and Market Time operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out naval gunfire support missions during the conflict in Vietnam. In 1960 - 1961 underwent FRAM II refit.
USS Duncan was decommissioned 15 January 1971 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 February 1974 and sunk as a target off California on 31 July 1980.
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