USS Doran (DD-634)

History
USS Doran on 1 March 1943, location unknown.
United States
Name:	USS Doran
Namesake:	John James Doran
Builder:	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down:	14 June 1941
Launched:	10 December 1941
Commissioned:	4 August 1942
Identification:	DD-634
Reclassified:	DMS-41, 30 May 1945
Decommissioned:	29 January 1947
Struck:	15 January 1972
Fate:	Sold 27 August 1973 and broken up for scrap.
General characteristics
Class and type:	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,630 tons
Length:	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam:	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft:	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion:	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed:	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range:	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament:	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber DP guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) guns 7 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns, 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (5 Mark 15 torpedoes) 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Doran (DD-634), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Medal of Honor recipient John James Doran.

Doran was launched on 10 December 1941 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. P. J. Hurley sister of Chief Master-at-Arms Doran, and commissioned on 4 August 1942, Lieutenant Commander H. W. Gordon in command.

Doran sailed from Norfolk, Virginia on 23 October 1942 screening transports for the invasion landings at Safi, French Morocco, 8 November. Two days later while on patrol she investigated a beached submarine which turned out to be French. The submarine had escaped from Casablanca and had been abandoned after suffering several bombing attacks by American aircraft. Doran returned to Norfolk 24 November.

Between 12 December 1942 and 28 April 1943 Doran made three voyages from New York and Norfolk to arrive at Oran on 22 June, and on 5 July got underway to Casablanca. She sailed from Norfolk again 8 June, for the invasion of Sicily, screening transports off Scoglitti and providing fire support for the landings 10 July. She continued to serve in this operation with escort and patrol duty between Bizerte, Tunisia, and Sicilian ports until 21 August. Six days later she sailed from Casablanca for the United States, arriving at New York 14 September.

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