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USS WATTS (DD-567)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NIMU

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - BOOM TOWN

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding. March 26 1943.
Launched December 31 1943 and commissioned April 29 1944.
Decommissioned April 12 1946, recommissioned July 6 1951.
Decommissioned September 26 1969.
Stricken February 1 1974.
Fate Sold August 16 1974 and broken up for scrap.
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Watts 82kArtist's conception of the Watts as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Watts 104kUndated, location unknown.LCDR R. J. Prinselaar USCG (RET)
Watts 150kRefueling from USS Platte (AO-24), while operating with the Seventh Fleet, 19 July 1955. USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) is on port refueling station. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Joe Radigan
Watts 85kUSS Pictor (AF-54) during an underway replenishment with USS Watts (DD-567) and the HMCS Fraser (DDH 233) in 1968, WESTPAC.Richard Miller BMCS USNR (Ret.)
Watts 54kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
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