USS Bristol (DD-453)

History

United States
Name	Bristol
Namesake	Mark Lambert Bristol
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	20 December 1940
Launched	25 July 1941
Commissioned	22 October 1941
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 13 October 1943
General characteristics
Class & type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons (normal) 2,395 tons (full load)
Length	341 ft (104 m) (waterline), 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) (overall)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) (normal), 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) (full load)
Propulsion	four Babcock & Wilcox boilers; General Electric geared turbines; two shafts; 50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
Speed	37.5 kn (69.5 km/h; 43.2 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	208 (276 war)
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 1 × 1.1 in (28 mm) quad AA gun, 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Bristol (DD 453) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol. She was launched 25 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Powell Clayton.The destroyer was commissioned on 22 October 1941.