USS Du Pont (DD-941)
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Construction started | May 11, 1955 |
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Launched | September 8, 1956 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Decommissioned | 4 March 1983 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1957 |
Speed | 32. 5 knots (60. 2 km/h; 37. 4 mph) |
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ID | 1201448 |
About USS Du Pont (DD-941)
USS Du Pont (DD-941), named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont USN, was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. H. B. Du Pont, great-great-grandniece of Rear Admiral Du Pont; and commissioned 1 July 1957, Commander W. J. Maddocks in command.