USS Halsey Powell (DD-686)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Halsey Powell |
| Namesake: | Halsey Powell |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, Staten Island |
| Laid down: | February 3, 1943 |
| Launched: | 30 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | prior to 27 April 1968 |
| Struck: | 2 June 1975 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 27 April 1968 |
 South Korea
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| Name: | ROKS Seoul |
| Namesake: | Seoul |
| Acquired: | 27 April 1968 |
| Struck: | 1982 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 1982 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Halsey Powell, (1883–1936), who served during World War I.
Halsey Powell was launched by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., on 30 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Halsey Powell, widow of Captain Powell; and commissioned on 25 October 1943, Commander W. T. McGarry in command.
Halsey Powell conducted her shakedown training off the East Coast, and sailed on 20 January 1944 from Norfolk to join the Pacific Fleet. Arriving Pearl Harbor on 12 February, the destroyer steamed to Majuro to escort tankers back to Hawaii, returning to the Marshall Islands in March for escort and patrol duty. As the islands fell to American amphibious troops, Halsey Powell and other ships protected the task force from air and submarine attack. The destroyer carried out a series of effective attacks on I-32 on 23 March, and after running out of depth charges yielded to Manlove and Canastota to complete the kill.
Following the Marshalls operation, Halsey Powell departed Pearl Harbor on 30 May for rehearsals in connection with the upcoming Marianas invasions. She sortied with the assault force from Eniwetok on 11 June, and as troops stormed ashore on Saipan four days later she took up fire-support station off the beaches, and was an effective force in victory. In addition to screening, radar picket duties, and fire support for ground forces, Halsey Powell sank a net tender, a cargo ship and numerous small craft in the lagoon with her guns.
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