USS MacKenzie (DD-614)
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| Name: | USS MacKenzie (DD-614) |
| Namesake: | Alexander Slidell MacKenzie |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 29 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 27 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 21 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 February 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate: | sunk in fleet exercises on 1 June 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,620 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed: | 37.5 kts (69.5 km/h) |
| Complement: | 259 |
| Armament: | 4 x 5" (127 mm), 4 x 40mm., 7 x 20mm., 5 x 21" (533 mm) tt., 6dcp. |
USS MacKenzie (DD-614) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third ship named for Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie.
MacKenzie was laid down 29 May 1941 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Pedro, California; launched 27 June 1942; sponsored by Miss Gail Nielsen, descendant of Lieutenant Commander MacKenzie; and commissioned 21 November 1942, Commander D. B. Miller in command.
MacKenzie transited the Panama Canal 1 March 1943, after completion of shakedown and training cruises, and continued on to spend her entire World War II career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters. She arrived at Casco Bay, Maine, 13 March and commenced coastwise escort duties. In May, she graduated to transatlantic convoy assignments, completing two voyages to the Mediterranean Sea by the end of June. On 16 May, she made two depth charge attacks on a sonar contact; postwar review of German records proved them successful in the sinking of U-182.
Relieved of transatlantic duties at the end of June, she reported to the staging area for the “Cent” Attack Force, one of three such forces to initiate the Sicilian campaign. On 9 July she departed the north African coast, arriving at Scoglitti, Sicily, the next day to screen the transport vessels and provide fire support. Three days later, the destroyer returned to convoy duty, conducting convoys between the United States and the Mediterranean until 7 October, and then engaging in escort work between North America and the United Kingdom. After repairs at Swansea, England, in the late autumn, she made two more ocean crossings before beginning operations in the Mediterranean.
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