USS Morris (DD-417)

USS *Morris*
Ship data
flag	United States
Ship type	destroyer
class	Sims class
Shipyard	Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Norfolk
Launch	June 7, 1938
Commissioning	March 5, 1940
Whereabouts	Wrecked in 1947
Ship dimensions and crew
length	106.17 m ( Lüa )
width	10.97 m
Draft	Max. 3.91 m
displacement	Standard : 1,570 ts ; Maximum: 2,330 tn.l.
crew	192 men
Machine system
machine	3 steam boilers; 2 sets of geared turbines
Machine ; performance	50,000 PS (36,775 kW)
Top ; speed	38.5 kn (71 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	5 × 12.7 cm L / 38 Sk ; 4 × 12.7 mm MG ; 8 × torpedo tube ∅ 53.3 cm; 2 × water bomb slides ; 10 × depth charges;

The USS Morris (ID: DD-417) was an American destroyer the Sims class of the Second World War . The keel was laid on June 7, 1938 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard , on March 5, 1940 the ship was put into service. The Morris was decommissioned on November 9, 1945 and sold for scrapping on August 2, 1947.

Web links

USS Morris on navsource.org (Engl.)