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Doxa (US Gleaves) class Destroyer

 
 doxa gleaves class destroyer hellenic navy hs doxa d-20 hs niki d-63 uss ludlow eberle
 

 
Ships:
D 20 HS Doxa (ex USS Ludlow / DD 438) (1941/51)
D 63 HS Niki (ex USS Eberle / DD 430) (1940/51)
 
Specifications:
Length: 106,15 meters (348.3 feet)
Beam: 11,0 meters (36.1 ft)
Draft: 4,01 meters (13.2 ft)
Displacement: 1630 tons (standard) / 2395 tons (full load)
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h)
Range: 6500 NM (12000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 275

Propulsion:
4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2 x Westinghouse geared steam turbines (50000 shp / 37 MW)
2 shafts, 2 propellers

Armament (as built):
4 x 5"/38-caliber guns
6 x 20mm AA guns
10 x 21" (533mm) torpedo tubes
2 x depth charge tracks

Armament (Hellenic Navy service):
4 x 5"/38-caliber guns
12 x 40mm AA guns (2 quadruple / 2 twin)
6 x 20mm AA guns
1 x Mk-10 'Hedgehog' anti-submarine mortar
2 x depth charge tracks
Aviation:
none

 
 

 
Ship data:
 
D 20 HS Doxa
 Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA

 US Navy service (USS Ludlow / DD 438):
Laid down: December 18, 1939
Launched: November 11, 1940
Commissioned: March 5, 1941
Decommissioned: January 22, 1951
transferred to Greece
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: 1951
 Decommissioned: 1972
Fate: sold for scrap
 
 
D 63 HS Niki
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA

 US Navy service (USS Eberle / DD 430):
Laid down: April 12, 1939
Launched: September 14, 1940
Commissioned: December 4, 1940
Decommissioned: June 3, 1946
transferred to Greece - January 22, 1951
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: 1951
 Decommissioned: 1972
Fate: sold for scrap
 
 

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D 20 HS Doxa

d-63 hs niki doxa gleaves class destroyer hellenic navy
D 63 HS Niki


  
Doxa - Niki


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DD 438 USS Ludlow / later D 20 HS Doxa

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DD 438 USS Ludlow / later D 20 HS Doxa

d-63 hs niki hellenic navy destroyer ex uss eberle dd-430 04
DD 430 USS Eberle / later D 63 HS Niki


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