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U.S.S. CALLAGHAN

(DD-792)


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DD-792 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1943-Keel Date: 21 FEB 1943
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company San Pedro CA
AUG1943-Launch Date: 1 AUG 1943
NOV1943-Commissioned: 27 NOV 1943
JUL1945-JUL1945Sunk by kamikaze off Okinawa

DD-792 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: Daniel J. Callaghan

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376.4 feet

Beam: 39.6 feet

Flank Speed: 38 knot

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sunk by the Ohka bomb during the battle for Okinawa 12 Apr