Overall Specifications:
Length: 376' 51⁄2" an american football field is 360' long from goal post to goal post
Maximum Molded Breadth: 39' 41⁄2" about the width of a two lane road at its widest
Displacement: 2,050 tons
Draft: Light: 8' 1"; Mean: 13' 5" Deep: 22'8"
Complement: Officers, 34; Enlisted, 295, USS Newcomb would have had more officers as
she was the flagship for DesRon 56
Horsepower: 60,000
Speed: 36 knots very fast in terms of size of this ship
Screws: Two, three blades.
Rudder: one
Stacks: Two
Tactical diameter: 950 yards at 30 knots
Endurance: 4,800 nautical miles at 15 knots Fletchers did burn fuel at high rate.
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