USS McNair (DD-679)
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USS McNair underway, circa 1960
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| Namesake: | Frederick V. McNair |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. |
| Laid down: | 30 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 14 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 December 1963 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1974 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 10 June 1976 |
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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) |
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| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles @ 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 319 |
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USS McNair (DD-679) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair, Sr., (1839–1900).
McNair was laid down 30 June 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 14 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. F. V. McNair, Jr., daughter-in-law of Rear Admiral McNair; and commissioned on 30 December 1943, Commander M. L. McCullough, Jr., in command.
McNair departed New York on 5 March 1944 for the Pacific. By 14 June, as a unit of Destroyer Squadron 54 (DesRon 54), she was in the screen for the battleships that opened their guns against Japanese shore installations on Saipan. For the next 19 days, she provided fire support and carried out antisubmarine patrols. On 3 July, she was detached from TF 52 to escort ships between Eniwetok and Saipan. Rejoining that force on the 25th, she provided fire and screening support for the invasion of Tinian. Detached again 2 August, McNair steamed to Guadalcanal to prepare for the next offensive operation, the Palaus. From 6–21 September, she supported the land forces effecting the capture and occupation of the southern Palaus with counterbattery and harassing fire. After the battle of Angaur, she sailed south to Manus Island, the staging area for the Leyte invasion.
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