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U.S.S. YOUNG
(DD-580)Click to view crew list
DD-580 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 7 MAY 1942 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
| OCT | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 15 OCT 1942 | ||
| JUL | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 31 JUL 1943 | ||
| NOV | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 NOV 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DD-580 General Specifications
Class: Fletcher-class destroyer
Named for: Rear Admiral Lucien Young
Complement: 273 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2050 tons
Length: 376 feet 6 inches
Beam: 39 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 6500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as a target 6 March 1970