USS Wadsworth (DD-516)

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History
United States
Name	USS Wadsworth
Namesake	Alexander S. Wadsworth
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	18 August 1942
Launched	10 January 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Rebecca Wadsworth Peacher
Commissioned	16 March 1943
Decommissioned	18 April 1946
Stricken	1 October 1974
Fate	Transferred to West German Navy, 6 October 1959
West Germany
Name	Zerstörer 3
Acquired	6 October 1959
Commissioned	6 October 1959
Stricken	1980
Identification	D172
Fate	Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 October 1980
Greece
Name	Nearchos
Acquired	15 October 1980
Stricken	1991
Identification	D65
Fate	Scrapped, 1991
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer Zerstörer 1-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,080 t)
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 MW) ; 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Armament	5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × single depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge racks

USS Wadsworth (DD-516), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth (1790–1851). The ship was commissioned in 1943 during World War II. After seeing extensive action during the war, the ship was placed in reserve following it. In 1959 the destroyer was loaned to the West German Navy and renamed Zerstörer 3. She remained a part of the West German Navy until 1980 when the destroyer was transferred to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Nearchos. Nearchos was active until 1991 when she was sold for scrap.