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DD 847 - USS Robert L. Wilson (HULL 267)

2250-Ton Gearing Class Destroyer for the United States Navy
Length:
 390'-6"
Beam:  40'-10 1/2"
Depth:  24'
Draft:  13'
Displacement: 2,246 (light ship), 3,460 (full load)
Other Data:
4 B&W boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, twin rudders, twin screws, 68,415 horsepower, 2 stacks, 1 mast. 

Keel laid April 24,1944, launched September 3,1944, delivered and commissioned November 14,1944. 

Reached 34 knots on trials. Complement of 11 officers and 235 enlisted. Assigned to Okinawa in World War II, where on May 28,1945 was hit by 2 kamikaze, ship rolled over and sank, 158 dead, 52 injured.

DD 847