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USS Woodworth
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Woodworth |
| Namesake | Selim E. Woodworth |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 30 April 1941 |
| Launched | 29 November 1941 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 14 January 1951 |
| Stricken | 22 January 1951 |
| Identification | DD-460 |
| Fate | Transferred to Italy, 1951 |
 Italy | |
| Name | Artigliere |
| Acquired | 1951 |
| Identification | D 553 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | |
| Displacement | 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) |
| Length | 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed | 37.6 knots (69.6 km/h; 43.3 mph) |
| Complement | 276 |
| Armament |
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USS Woodworth (DD-460) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander Selim E. Woodworth.
Woodworth was laid down on 30 April 1941 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 29 November 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Selim E. Woodworth, niece and daughter-in-law of Commander Woodworth; and commissioned on 30 April 1942.
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