USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697)
114.8 m
12.2 m
4.8 m
336
- 4 oil- fired steam boiler
- 2 Set the steam turbine, driven by two shafts
- 60,000 WPS
34 kn
6500 nautical miles at 15 kt
1944
- 6 × 12.7 cm L/38 in twin towers
- 12 × 40 - mm anti-aircraft guns (two quadruplet and two twin guns )
- 11 × 20 -mm AA- MK
- 10 torpedo tubes Ø 533 mm
- 6 × Hedgehog
The USS Charles S. Sperry (DD -697 ) was a destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner - class. It was named after Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry.
She was laid down on 19 October 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey on Kiel. The launch took place on March 17, 1944, godmother was Miss M. Sperry. Went into service on May 17, 1944, the command of Commander HH McIlhenny, then the ship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet was assigned.
After training rides near Hawaii she reached Ulithi on December 28, 1944 and became part of the Fast Carrier Task Force, which alternately the name TF 38 or TF contributed depending on subordination to the 3rd or the 5th Fleet 58. From 30 December to 26 January 1945, she participated as part of this Task Force in operations against Japanese bases on Formosa and Luzon in preparation for the landing in Lingayen Gulf in part, then air strikes were against targets in Indochina, on the South China coast and on Okinawa out.
On 10 February 1945, a similar operation was carried out in preparation for the landing on Iwo Jima. A bold attack was carried out on 16 and 17 February in Tokyo, the first since the Doolittle Raid in 1942. During the landing on Iwo Jima made them fire support, besides, she was involved in the defense against air attacks on 19 and 20 February.
During the landing on Okinawa, she was again used for fire support and air defense. After the carrier USS Hancock and Bunker Hill had been hit by kamikaze pilots, they supported the carrier at rescue and repair work. On August 18 they reached together with the battle group the Bay of Tokyo, where the Japanese surrender was signed on September 2.
During the Korean War, it was used for fire support. During a mission, it was taken on 23 December 1950 by three storeys of a coastal battery, but caused only minor damage. The use off the Korean coast lasted until June 6, 1951. On July 2, 1951, she reached Norfolk and the Destroyer Force Atlantic was assigned. With the 6th Fleet, she was in 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958 and 1958 used in the Mediterranean. During the Suez Crisis accompanied evacuation transports with U.S. citizens.
In June 1960, the FRAM combat efficiency has been completed. The decommissioned on 15 December 1973 the removal from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day.
After its sale to the Chilean Navy on January 8, 1974, she was named Ministro Zenteno. In 1990 she was scrapped and scrapped.