Ship Specifications

USS O'Brien DD-725
Ship Class Allen M. Sumner
Displacement 2,200
Lenght 376'
Beam 41' 1"
Draft 15' 8"
Compliment 336
Armament 6 5"; 6 dcp.; 2 21" tt.
Speed 34 Knots
Main Machinery 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 600 psi
2 G&E geared tirbines; 60,000hp
2 shafts
Builder Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine
Launched 12 December 1943
Sponsor Miss Josephine O'Brien Campbell
Great Great Great Granddaughter of Gideon O'Brien
Commissioned 25 February 1944 Boston Naval Yard
Decommissioned 4 October 1947
Re-Commissioned 5 October 1950
Stricken From Naval Register 18 February 1972
Present Status Sunk as target off California
13 July 1972

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