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USS Abner Read (DD-526)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Abner Read |
| Namesake | Abner Read |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 30 October 1941 |
| Launched | 18 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 5 February 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk by kamikaze,[1] 1 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Abner Read (DD-526) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read (1821 – 1863), who fought in the American Civil War. The ship fought in World War II, seeing action in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and in 1943 she survived hitting a mine that blew off her stern. After repairs, she returned to service and operated in support of Allied forces in the New Guinea campaign and the Battle of Leyte. She was sunk in an air attack off Leyte on 1 November 1944.
- ^ Brown p.129
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