USS Newcomb (DD-586) Specifications

DANFS History Surigao Strait Okinawa

Newcomb’s armament was that of a typical Fletcher-class destroyer from 1943–4: five 5-inch guns in single mounts, ten 40mm guns in twin mounts and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes in quintuple mounts plus 20mm guns and depth charges.

DATA

Name: United States Ship Newcomb.
Type: Destroyer.
Namesake: First Lieutenant Frank Hamilton Newcomb, Revenue-Cutter Service.
Navy Classification: DD 586.
Class: DD 445, Fletcher.
Builder: Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Keel laid: 19 March 1943.
Launched: 4 July 1943.
Commissioned: 10 November 1943.
Disposition: Decommissioned: 20 November 1945; Stricken: 28 March 1946; Sold for scrap: Mare Island Navy Yard, October 1947

Primary:

Long-range anti-aircraft:

Short-range anti-aircraft:

Torpedo Tubes:

ASW:

Her electronics were also typical:

Radar:

Sonar:

Newcomb still carried this armament when hit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945. She was scrapped rather than repaired following her return to the West Coast.

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