USS Foote (DD-511)
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| Namesake: | Andrew Hull Foote |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 14 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 11 October 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1972 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 2 January 1974 |
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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 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS Foote (DD-511), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote (1806–1863), who served during the Civil War.
Foote was launched on 11 October 1942 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. J. C. Aspinwall, granddaughter of Admiral Foote; and commissioned 22 December 1942, Commander Bernard L. Austin in command.
In April Foote received a new skipper, CDR Alston Ramsay. After escorting a convoy to Casablanca between 1 April and 9 May, Foote prepared for Pacific duty, and on 28 June arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia, to join Destroyer Squadron 23. Through the next 3 months, she escorted convoys from Nouméa to Guadalcanal, Efate, Espiritu Santo, Vella Lavella, and Rendova. From 27–29 September, she hunted Japanese barges evacuating troops from Kolombangara, and on the last night, attacked such a group, probably sinking two. While McCalla was working to correct steering trouble that night, Foote drove off a lone Japanese aircraft, then stood by McCalla and Patterson after the two collided, until a tug arrived on the scene.
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