
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
DD-615 USS McLanahan
- Benson Class Destroyer:
- Displacement: 2,450 tons
- Length: 348'2"
- Beam: 35'4"
- Draft: 17'4"
- Speed: 37 knots
- Armament: 4 5"/38 DP, 2x2 40mm, 8 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks + 2 extensions, 6 depth charge projectors, 1x5 21" torpedo tubes
- Complement: 276
- High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.
- Built at Bethlehem, San Pedro, Calif., and commissioned 19 December 1942
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January 15, 2001