The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Cascade, U.S. Destroyer

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Tonnage

9260 tons light
16,900 tons fully loaded

Dimensions

529'6" by 73'4" by 26'
161.39m by 22.35m by 7.92m

Maximum speed

18 knots

Complement

826

Armament

2 5"/38 dual-purpose guns
4 3"/50 AA guns
2x4 20mm Oerlikon AA guns

Machinery

1-shaft General Electric geared turbine (8500 shp)
2 Foster-Wheeler boilers

Modifications

Antiaircraft battery eventually upgraded to 4x1 5"/38 guns, 3x2 40mm Bofors AA guns, and 2x4 20mm guns

_Cascade_was completed 12 March 1943 at San Francisco. She was converted from a Maritime Commission C3-S-A2 cargo ship. Her largest booms were capable of lifting 30 tons.