USS Livermore (DD-429)

History
United States
Name	Livermore
Namesake	Samuel Livermore
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	6 March 1939
Launched	3 August 1940
Commissioned	7 October 1940
Decommissioned	24 January 1947
Stricken	19 July 1956
Fate	Sold 3 March 1961 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	341 ft (104 m) waterline, 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) overall
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m),   17 ft 3 in (207 in) full load
Propulsion	Four Babcock & Wilcox boilers; General Electric SR geared turbines; 2 shafts; 50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
Speed	37.5 kn (69.5 km/h; 43.2 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted (war)
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm) DP guns, 6 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 × depth charge projector 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Livermore (DD-429), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 1st ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel Livermore, the first naval chaplain to be honored with a ship in his name.

Originally planned as Grayson, DD-429 was renamed Livermore 23 December 1938; laid down 6 March 1939 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched 3 August 1940; sponsored by Mrs. Everard M. Upjohn, a descendant of Chaplain Livermore; and commissioned 7 October 1940, Lieutenant Commander Vernon Huber in command.