SHIP'S SPECIFICATIONS
NAME: USS NORRIS
HULL NUMBER: 859
BUILDER: BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION SAN PEDRO, CA
LAID DOWN: 29 AUGUST 1944 ( NORRIS WAS THE 27TH OF 98 SHIPS )
LAUNCHED: 25 FEBRUARY 1945 ( NORRIS WAS THE 19TH OF 98 SHIPS )
COMMISSIONED: 09 JUNE 1945 ( NORRIS WAS THE 29TH OF 98 SHIPS )
DECOMMISSIONED: 04 DECEMBER 1970
DISPLACEMENT: 2,425 TONS
LENGTH: 390 FEET 6 INCHES
BEAM: 42 FEET 6 INCHES
SPEED: 31.5 KNOTS
WEAPONS: 6 5" 38 W/MK 37 DIRECTOR
14 40 mm W/MK63 DIRECTOR
20 20 mm W/MK14 SIGHT
6 DEPTH CHARGE PROJECTORS ( K GUNS ) 5 300 LB. CHARGES PER GUN
10 21" TORPEDO TUBES 2 BANKS OF MK 15 MOD 3
2 TRACKS OF DEPTH CHARGES (STERN TRACK )
8 600 LB CHARGES PER TRACK
WEAPONS: AFTER FRAM II OCTOBER 1961 (NORRIS WAS THE 6th OF 16)
4 5" 38
2 TRIPLE MK32 TORPEDO TUBES
1 HEDGEHOG BATTERY
2 DASH (drone anti submarine helicopter)
MACHINERY: 4 BOILERS
PRESSURE:
565 LBS.
TEMPERATURE:850 F.
2 TURBINES
2 SETS DeLAVAL DOUBLE REDUCTION
SHAFT RPM: 312
SHAFT HP: 60,000
4 GENERATORS
2 450 VOLT 3 PHASE, AC (400 KW)
2 120 VOLT EMERGENCY (100 KW)
2 4 BLADE PROPELLERS 12' 6" DIAMETER
2 RUDDERS
FUEL OIL: 1945 739 TONS 1966 650 TONS
DIESEL FUEL: 1945 26.5 TONS 1966 26.5 TONS
COMPLEMENT: 1945 22 OFFICERS 345 ENLISTED
1967 17 OFFICERS 251 ENLISTED
1970 8 OFFICERS 183 ENLISTED
