USS Mitscher (DDG 35)

- formerly DL 2, formerly DD 927 -
- decommissioned -

Laid down as DD 927, the MITSCHER was redesignated DL 2 on February 2, 1951. On March 18, 1966, the MITSCHER entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for conversion to a guided missile destroyer. Redesignated DDG 35, the MITSCHER rejoined the fleet on June 29, 1968. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on June 1, 1978, the MITSCHER was sold for scrap on August 1, 1980.

General Characteristics:	Keel laid: October 3, 1949
	Launched: January 26, 1952
	Commissioned: May 15, 1953
	Decommissioned: June 1, 1978
	Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
	Propulsion system: geared turbines; 80,000 shaft horsepower
	Propellers: two
	Length: 490.5 feet (149.5 meters)
	Beam: 47.6 feet (14.5 meters)
	Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 4,855 tons full load
	Speed: 36+ knots
	Aircraft: none
	Armament: two Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber guns, Mk-32 torpedo tubes (two triple mounts), one Mk-16 ASROC missile launcher, one Mk-13 guided missile launcher
	Crew: 28 officers, 345 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS MITSCHER. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Click here to read more about the Ship's Namesake - Admiral Marc A. Mitscher

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