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                 Awarded: March 10, 1951
                 Keel laid: October 27, 1953
                 Launched: February 5, 1955
                 Commissioned: November 9, 1955
                 Decommissioned: November 5, 1982
                 Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
                 Propulsion system: four-1200 lb. boilers; two steam turbines; two shafts
                 Propellers: two
                 Length: 418.3 feet (127.5 meters)
                 Beam: 45.3 feet (13.8 meters)
                 Draft: 22 feet (6.7 meters)
                 Displacement: 4619 Tons full load
                 Speed: 32+ knots
                 Range: 4,500 miles @ 20 knots
                 Armament: three Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber guns, Mk-32 ASW torpedo tubes (two
                                     triple mounts)
                 Crew: 324