USS Southerland Description

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#6666CC" TEXT="#080000" background="04401573.jpg"> <div> <B>USS Southerland Description</B></div> <div> <B>Home   Back</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#6666CC" TEXT="#080000" background="043d2013.jpg"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>                                  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>DD/DDR-743 USS </B><I><B>Southerland</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gearing Class Destroyer:</B></div> <div> <B>Displacement:2425 tons</B></div> <div> <B>Length: 390' 6"</B></div> <div> <B>Beam: 40' 10"</B></div> <div> <B>Draft: 18' 6"</B></div> <div> <B>Speed: 35 knots</B></div> <div> <B>Armament: 6 5"/38, 2x5 21" torpedo tubes</B></div> <div> <B>Complement: 355</B></div> <div> <B>High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 60,000 h.p.</B></div> <div> <B>Built at Bath Iron Works and commissioned 22 DCecember 1944</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                          <IMG SRC="04640800.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>