DD-686 USS HALSEY POWELL
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 Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island NY February 3 1943.
Launched June 30 1943 and commissioned October 25 1943.
Decommissioned December 10 1946, recommissioned April 27 1951.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken June 2 1975.
To South Korea April 27 1968, renamed Seoul.
Fate Stricken and scrapped in 1982.





Courtesy of Bill RaVell III