WORLD OF WARSHIPS USS FISKE DD 842

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USS Fiske was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, inventor of the Stadimeter and the aerial torpedo.

Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; Westinghouse Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME April 9 1945.
Launched September 8 1945 and commissioned November 28 1945.
Decommissioned April 1 1952, recommissioned Nov 25 1952.
Reclassified DDR-842 July 18 1952, reverted to DD-842 April 1 1964.
Completed FRAM upgrade January 1965.
Decommissioned June 6 1980.
Stricken August 6 1987.