USS Howorth (DD-592) Specifications

Howorth was fitted with the original high, round bridge carried over from the Sims class. Like other 2,100-ton Fletcher-class destroyers, her specifications were as follows:

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Name: United States Ship Howorth
Type: Destroyer
Namesake: Ensign William L. Howorth, USN
Navy Classification: DD 592
Class: DD 445, Fletcher
Builder: Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington

Length Overall:

Extreme Beam:

Normal Displacement:

Draft:

Designed Complement:

Designed Shaft Horsepower:

Designed Speed:

Screws:

Rudder:

Stacks:

Tactical diameter:

Endurance:

Howorth’s initial armament was that of a typical Fletcher-class destroyer arriving in the war zone in 1943–44:

Primary:

Long-range anti-aircraft:

Short-range anti-aircraft:

Torpedo Tubes:

ASW:

Her electronics were also typical:

Radar:

Sonar:

After sustaining suicide plane damage in 1945, Howorth was modified to incorporate the 1945 anti-aircraft modification: 40mm quad mounts in the waist replacing the forward torpedo tube mount and 20mm twin Oerlikons—two on each side at the waist and two on the fantail—replacing her seven 20mm single mounts:

Primary:

Long-range anti-aircraft:

Short-range anti-aircraft:

Torpedo Tubes:

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