USS Mitscher (DL-2)

USS Mitscher (DDG-35) in the 1970s
History
United States
Namesake	Marc "Pete" Mitscher
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	3 October 1949
Launched	26 January 1952
Acquired	8 May 1953
Commissioned	15 May 1953
Decommissioned	1 June 1978
Stricken	1 June 1978
Motto	Audete Imperio
Fate	Sold for scrap, July 1980
General characteristics
Class and type	Mitscher class destroyer
Displacement	4,271 tons (std) – 5,281 tons (full)
Length	493' (150 m) o.a.
Beam	49' 9-1/4" (15.2 m)
Draft	20' 11-3/8" (6.4 m)
Propulsion	(4) 1,200 psi Foster Wheeler boilers, (2) GE steam propulsion turbines, (2) shafts, 60,000 combined shaft horsepower (44.742 MW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,000 nm @ 20 knots (7,400 km @ 37 km/h)
Complement	337
Armament	(1) Mk 13 Tartar SAM system (40 missiles), (2) Mk 42 5"/54 (127 mm/54) cal gun mounts, (1) Mk 16 ASROC launcher w/ reloads, (6) Mk 32 12.75" (324 mm) torpedo tubes (3 tubes per launcher)
Aircraft carried	None

USS Mitscher (DL-2/DDG-35), named for Admiral Marc "Pete" Mitscher USN (1887–1947), was the lead ship of her class of destroyer leaders of the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1953, she was later converted to a guided missile destroyer, and served until 1978. She was sold for scrap in 1980.