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CLASS - PORTER
Displacement 2597 Tons (Full)
Dimensions, 381' (oa) x 37' x 13' (Max)
Launched July 17 1936 and commissioned December 5 1936.
Reclassified AG-126 September 17 1945.
Decommissioned June 24 1946 at Kings Point, NY.
Stricken August 15 1949.
Fate: Sold September 22 1949 sold to H. H. Buncher Co., Pittsburgh, PA and broken up for scrap.
Armament 8 x 5"/38AA (4x2), 8 x 1.1" AA (2x4), 8 x 21" tt.(2x4).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws.
Speed, 37 Knots.
Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots.
Crew 194.
Assigned to convoy escort duty in the South Atlantic, DD 358 McDougal steamed for
USS McDougal alongside HMS Prince of Wales, to transfer President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the British battleship for the Atlantic Charter meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchil
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