USS Madison (DD-425)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Madison (DD-425) |
| Namesake: | James J. Madison |
| Ordered: | 1938 |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 19 September 1938 |
| Launched: | 20 October 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 6 August 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1968 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target, 14 October 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,620 tons |
| Length: | 347 ft 7 in (105.94 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 11 in (11.25 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 kn (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 235 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Madison (DD-425) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She the third Navy ship of that name, and the first named for Commander James J. Madison (1888–1922), who was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I.
Madison was laid down on 19 September 1938 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 20 October 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Ethel Madison Meyn, widow of Commander Madison; and commissioned on 6 August 1940, Lieutenant Commander T. E. Boyce in command.
Prior to the entry of the United States into World War II, the destroyer saw over a year’s service opposing the spread of Axis power. In addition to Neutrality Patrol in the Caribbean and North Atlantic convoy duty, she was escort on two diplomatic voyages in January 1941. She escorted Tuscaloosa as the cruiser carried Admiral William D. Leahy to Portugal en route to France to become Ambassador to the Vichy France Government, where he was a reminder of both the neutrality and the power of the United States. In August, she escorted Augusta, carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Argentia Bay, she rendezvoused with HMS Prince of Wales, carrying British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
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