USS Wainwright (DD-419)

Specifications

Service Year

1940

Origin

United States

Complement

192
PERSONNEL

Class

Sims-class

Number-in-Class

12
VESSELS

Ships-in-Class

USS Sims (DD-409); USS Hughes (DD-410); USS Anderson (DD-411); USS Hammann (DD-412); USS Mustin (DD-413); USS Russell (DD-414); USS O'Brien (DD-415); USS Walke (DD-416); USS Morris (DD-417); USS Roe (DD-418); USS Wainwright (DD-419); USS Buck (DD-420)

United States

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Offshore Bombardment
Offshore bombardment / attack of surface targets / areas primarily through onboard ballistic weaponry.

✓ Land-Attack
Offshore strike of surface targets primarily through onboard missile / rocket weaponry.

✓ Maritime Patrol
Active patroling of vital waterways and maritime areas; can also serve as local deterrence against airborne and seaborne threats.

✓ Airspace Denial / Deterrence
Neutralization or deterrence of airborne elements through onboard ballistic of missile weaponry.

✓ Fleet Support
Serving in support (either firepower or material) of the main surface fleet in Blue Water environments.

Length

348.3 ft
106.16 m

Beam

36.0 ft
10.97 m

Draught

13.4 ft
4.08 m

Displacement

1,600
tons

Installed Power: High-pressure super-heated boilers feeding geared steam turbines developing 50,000 horsepower to 2 x Shafts.

Surface Speed

35.0 kts
(40.3 mph)

Range

3,658 nm
(4,210 mi | 6,775 km)

5 x 5" /38 caliber main guns in single-gunned turrets.

8 x 21" quadruple-tubed torpedo launchers.

4 x 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns.

2 x Depth charge racks (10 depth charges).

Supported Types

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None.

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USS Wainwright (DD-419)

Destroyer Warship (1940)

Naval Warfare

USS Wainwright DD-419 lived a relatively short service life with the USN, though its career took her through all of the American involvement in World War 2.

Specifications