The Gwin destroyer squadron ( eng. USS Gwin (DD-433) ) is an American destroyer of the Gleaves type .
| The destroyer Guin | |
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| USS Gwin (DD-433) | |
 destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) type "Glivs" | |
| Service | |
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| Named after | |
| Ship class and type | "Glivs" |
| Organization | US Navy |
| Manufacturer | Boston navy yard |
| Construction started | June 1, 1940 |
| Launched | May 25, 1940 |
| Commissioned | January 15, 1941 |
| Removed from the fleet | July 28, 1943 |
| Status | died in battle near the island of Kolombangar July 13, 1943 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,630 tons (standard design) 1838 tons (standard) 2572 tons (full) |
| Length | 106.15 m |
| Width | 11.00 m |
| Draft | 4.01 m |
| Engines | 2 screws, 2 steam turbines , 4 boilers |
| Power | 50,000 liters with. |
| Travel speed | 37.4 knots (full) |
| Navigation range | Fuel stock 453 tons of oil 6500 miles (at 12 knots) |
| Crew | 16 officers, 260 sailors |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 4x1127 mm / 38 AU |
| Flak | 4x1 x 12.7-mm machine gun (1936) |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 2 Bomb Reel |
| Mine-torpedo armament | 2x5 533 mm TA |
Laid at the shipyard Boston Navy Yard , June 1, 1940 . Launched on May 25, 1940 , entered service on January 15, 1941 .
On July 13, 1943, the torpedo and artillery fire of the Japanese destroyers Mikazuki and Yukikaze in a battle near Kolombangar Island was very hard damaged. Left by the crew and sunk by the torpedo of the American destroyer DD-390 "Ralph Talbot" .
Expelled from the U.S. Navy on July 28, 1943 .
Literature
- Robert Sinclair Parkin. Blood on the Sea: American Destroyers Lost in World War II . - Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press,2001 . - 408 p. - ISBN 0-306-81069-7 .
Links
- Naval History & Heritage Command. Gwin Naval Historical Center . Date of treatment February 9, 2010. Archived April 17, 2012.
- Andrew C. Toppan. DD-433 (English) . Haze Gray & Underway . Date of treatment February 9, 2010. Archived April 17, 2012.
- Paul R. Yarnall. Destroyer Photo Index DD-433 USS GWIN (English) . NavSource Naval History . Date of treatment February 9, 2010. Archived April 17, 2012.
- David W. McComb. USS Gwin (DD-433), Gleaves-class destroyer in World War II (English) . Destroyer History . Date of treatment February 9, 2010. Archived April 17, 2012.