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Served in
the Pacific
Theater of
Operations
in WWII -
Received
Nine Battle
Stars |
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Assigned to
Destroyer
Squadron
DesRon 54 -
Involved in
10 Landings
and 6
Invasions. |
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Invasions
Participated
In: Saipan,
Leyte, Iwo
Jima,
Tinian,
Palau
Islands, &
Okinawa |
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Score Card:
2 Japanese
Planes, 1
Japanese
Destroyer &
1 Battleship |
Captain:
William R.
Cox USN -
3/29/44 to
6/22/45
Awarded Navy
Cross,
Bronze Star
Medal and
Gold Star
while C/O of
the McGowan. |
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Fletcher-Class
Destroyer
Builder:
Federal
Shipbuilding
& Dry Dock
Co., Kearny,
N.J. |
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Crew: 319 Speed: 38
knots (70
km/h) Displacement:
2,050 tons |
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Length: 376
ft 6 in
(114.7 m) Beam: 39 ft
8 in (12.1
m)
Draft: 17 ft
9 in (5.4 m) |
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Laid Down:
June 30,
1943 Launched:
November 14,
1943 |
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Commissioned:
December 20,
1943
Decommissioned:
April 30
1946
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Armament:
5 × 5
in.(127
mm)/38 guns
10 × 40 mm
AA guns 7 ×
20 mm AA
guns,
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10 × 21 in.
Torpedo
Tubes 6 ×
Depth Charge
Projectors
2 × Depth
Charge
Tracks |
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