USS Jenkins (DD-447)
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| Name: | Jenkins |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 27 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 31 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 May 1946 |
| Reclassified: | DDE-447, 2 January 1951 |
| Recommissioned: | 2 November 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | February 1969 |
| Struck: | 2 July 1969 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 |
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| Class and type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,100 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 4 in (114.71 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 5 in (12.01 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 273 officers and enlisted |
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USS Jenkins (DD-447) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, the second ship named after Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins. Beginning service during World War II, the destroyer saw action in the Pacific theatre. Jenkins was placed in reserve following the end of the war, remaining in this state until 1951, when the ship was reactivated for the Korean War. She served in the western Pacific until 1969 when the destroyer was taken out of service and sold for scrap in 1971.
Jenkins was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey on 27 November 1941 and launched on 21 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Marion Parker Embry. The destroyer was commissioned on 31 July 1942, Lieutenant Commander H. F. Miller in command.
After a training period during the summer of 1942, Jenkins departed Casco Bay, Maine on 24 October as escort to a convoy headed for the North African campaign. She screened heavy ships during the shore bombardment, as the attack force arrived off Casablanca on 8 November. Following the Naval Battle of Casablanca, the destroyer returned to New York on 19 November to prepare for action in the Pacific.
Arriving at Nouméa, New Caledonia on 4 January 1943, she immediately began escort and patrol duty among the Solomon Islands and in the Coral Sea. Her first Pacific landing operation began on 29 June, when she joined other units in supporting the invasion of New Georgia Island. Jenkins splashed several enemy planes, as the Japanese fought back with considerable air strength.
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