UNDERWAY! 2025 Wall Calendar / W.W. II SPECIAL EDITION

NOW AVAILABLE -
CLICK HERE
For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below:


U.S.S. PORTER

(DD-800)


Click to view crew list
 

DD-800 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DD-800 Shellback Initiation Add a DD-800 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1943-Keel Date: 6 JUL 1943
at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA
MAR1944-Launch Date: 13 MAR 1944
JUN1944-Commissioned: 24 JUN 1944
AUG1953-Decommissioned: 10 AUG 1953

DD-800 General Specifications

Class: Fletcher class destroyer

Named for: David Dixon Porter

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 5 inches

Beam: 39 feet 7 inches

Flank Speed: 35 knots

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 21 March 1974