USS Swanson

History
United States
Name	Swanson
Namesake	Claude A. Swanson
Builder	Charleston Navy Yard
Laid down	15 November 1939
Launched	2 November 1940
Commissioned	29 May 1941
Decommissioned	10 December 1945
Stricken	1 March 1971
Fate	Sold for scrap, 29 June 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW);; 4 boilers;; 2 propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	216
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,; 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns,; 6 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Swanson (DD-443) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson (1862–1939).

She participated in, Operation Torch, Operation Husky, the Pacific theatre, escorted nine convoys and earned eight battle stars for her service.

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