USS Dortch (DD-670)
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 United States
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| Namesake: | Isaac Foote Dortch |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 2 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 20 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 7 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 December 1957 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1975 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Argentina as Espora 1 August 1961 |
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 Argentina
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| Name: | Espora |
| Acquired: | 16 August 1961 |
| Struck: | 1977 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1977 |
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| Class and type: | Fletcher class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 329 |
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USS Dortch (DD-670) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the only Navy ship named for Isaac Foote Dortch, who was awarded the Navy Cross.
Dortch (DD-670) was laid down on 2 March 1943 and launched 20 June 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss M.C. Dortch, daughter of Captain Dortch; and commissioned 7 August 1943, Lieutenant Commander R.C. Young in command.
During October and November 1943 Dortch sailed to Trinidad, British West Indies, where she served as plane guard and screen for USS Langley (CVL-27) during the carrier's shakedown cruise. Dortch sailed from Norfolk on 3 December in the screen of newly commissioned USS Intrepid (CV-11) and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 28 December.
Dortch served in the screen of the Fast Carrier Task Force TF 58 during the capture and occupation of the Marshall Islands from 29 January 1944. She took part in the initial raids on Truk of 16 February and 17 and on the Marianas on 23 February, then sailed with the task group providing air cover for landings on Emirau Island in March. Later that month she rejoined TF 58 for raids on Palau, Yap, Ulithi and Woleai from 30 March to 1 April; support of the Hollandia operation in New Guinea on 21 April and 22; and a repeat raid on Truk from 29 April to 1 May.
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