U.S.S. Hull
DD-945
1975
(Sea Vee SVX-30a)
- Class: Forest Sherman - 18 destroyers of 1952-56
- Displacement: 2,850 tons standard; 4,050 tons full load
- Dimensions: 418' (oa) x 45' x 22'
- Machinery: 4 boliers, geared turbines; 70,000 shp; 2 shafts
- Speed: 33 knots
- Guns: 1-8"/55 Mk 71; 2-5"/54 DP Mk 42 guns
- ASW weapons: 2 Hedgehog Mk 10; 6-12.75" TT
- Complement: 350
- Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
- Keel Laid: 12 Sep 1956
- Launched: 10 Aug 1957
- Commissioned: 3 Jul 1958
- Decommissioned: 11 Jul 1983
- Notes: One of the later members of this class, with 3' greater sheer forward for additional dryness. The Hull was used as a testbed for the 8"/55 Mk 71 Major Caliber Lightweight Gun from 1975-79 and is shown in this configuration. Her forward 5" gun was restored after the evaluation was completed. Expended as a target in 1998.
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