3700-Ton Mitscher Class Destroyer Leader for the United States Navy
Length: 493'
Beam: 49'-8"
Depth: 28'-2"
Draft: 14'-6 1/4"
Displacement: 3,480 (light ship), 4,770 (full load)
Other Data: 4 Combustion Engineering boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 80,000 horsepower, 2 masts, 2 stacks, twin rudders, twin screws. 

Keel laid October 3,1949, launched January 26,1952, delivered May 8,1953, commissioned May 15,1953. 

Lead ship of Class. Originally laid down as DD-927. Reached 36.5 knots on trials. Complement of 28 officers and 345 enlisted. Later converted to a Guided Missile Destroyer. Reclassified DDG-35 March 15,1967. Decommissioned and stricken from the United States Navy List June 1,1978. Sold for scrap July 1980.