USS Seymour D. Owens (DD-767) was scheduled to be a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Seymour D. Owens, a United States Navy officer killed during World War II.

Seymour D. Owens at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 13 December 1951
History
United States
NameSeymour D. Owens
NamesakeSeymour D. Owens
Laid down3 April 1944
Stricken9 June 1958
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and typeGearing-class destroyer
Displacement2,425 tons
Length390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall)
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Propulsion
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement336 officers and enlisted
Armament

Seymour D. Owens was laid down on 3 April 1944 by the Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco, California,[1] and was assigned the name Seymour D. Owens on 8 January 1945. Seymour Owens was the captain of the destroyer USS Norman Scott (DD-690); he was killed in action during World War II off the coast of Tinian aboard Norman Scott on 24 July 1944.

Since Seymour D. Owens was incomplete at the end of World War II, further construction was cancelled on 7 January 1946, and the incomplete ship was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 28 February 1947. Portions of her hull were used to repair the destroyer USS Ernest G. Small (DD-838). The remainder of her hull was then berthed with the Pacific Reserve Fleet where it remained until sold for scrapping to National Metal and Steel on 23 March 1959. The name Seymour D. Owens was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 June 1958.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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  1. ^ Silverstone, p. 85

Bibliography

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  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97898-9.
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