Named for RAdm. John Hood, USN 1875-1918 (1857-1919).
United States Naval Ship: USS HOOD DD-655
Namesake: John Hood
Builder: Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down: 12 October 1942
Launched: 25 October 1943
Commissioned: 7 June 1944
Decommissioned: June 1964
Struck: 1 December 1974
Fate: Sold for scrap, 12 April 1976
General characteristics
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)
Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW);
2 propellers
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 6500 nmi. (12,000 km)
@ 15 kt
Complement: 319
Armament: 5 � 5 in./38 guns (127 mm),
4 � 40 mm AA guns,
4 � 20 mm AA guns,
10 � 21 in. torpedo tubes,
6 � depth charge projectors,
2 � depth charge tracks
