USS Hale (DD-642)

History
United States
Namesake	Eugene Hale
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	23 November 1942
Launched	4 April 1943
Commissioned	15 June 1943
Decommissioned	30 July 1960
Stricken	2 June 1975
Fate	Transferred to Colombia 23 January 1961
History
Colombia
Name	Antioquia
Acquired	23 January 1961
Stricken	20 December 1973
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m); 13.8 ft (4.2 m);
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW);; 2 propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6500 nmi. (12,000 km); at 15 kt;
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm),; 4 × 40 mm AA guns,; 4 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Hale (DD-642), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Maine Senator Eugene Hale (1836–1918).