Tuesday, July 15, 2014

On this Day in WWII in 1942

On This Day In The Navy:
1942: USS Terror (CM 5), the first minelayer built as such, is commissioned. During World War II she participates in Operation Torch, the Battle for Iwo Jima, and the Okinawa Invasion, where she is struck by a kamikaze on May 1, 1945.
 
Career
Name:USS Terror
Builder:Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down:3 September 1940
Launched:6 June 1941
Commissioned:15 July 1942
Decommissioned:6 August 1956
Reclassified:MM-5, 7 February 1955
MMF-5, October 1955
Struck:1 November 1970
Honours and
awards:
battle stars (WWII)
Fate:Sold for scrapping, 1971
General characteristics
Type:Minelayer
Displacement:5,875 long tons (5,969 t)
Length:454 ft 10 in (138.63 m)
Beam:60 ft 2 in (18.34 m)
Draft:19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
Propulsion:2 × General Electric double-reduction geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 22,000 shp (16,405 kW)
Speed:20.3 knots (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph)
Complement:481
Armament:• 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns
• 4 × quad 1.1 in (28 mm) guns (replaced by 4 × quad 40 mm guns in May 1943)
• 14 × 20 mm guns

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