The Fletcher Class                 

• Fate: Stricken September 1,1966

• Displacement:2,325 tons (2,924 tons Full     load)

• Length:376 feet 5 inches

• Beam:39 feet 7 inches

• Draught:13 feet 9 inches

• Machinery: Four Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2-shaft  G.E.C. geared turbines

• Performance:60,000 shp for 38 knots

• Bunkerage:492 tons

• Range:6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots

• Guns: Five 5 inch; four 1.1 inch; four 20mm

• Torpedoes: Ten 21 inch.

• Hull number changes: 03/15/49 -DDE-465, 01/01/51-EDDE-465, 07/01/62 -DD-465

The Saufley was an experimental ship, equipped with hedgehogs and a very sophisticated sonar system, at the time I came aboard in January,1957 until October,1960. She was home ported in Key West, Florida. Attention all Shipmates or who's family members served aboard the USS Saufley from commissioning until her demise. Please leave your name by clicking on ship survey