USS James C. Owens

History
USS James C. Owens
United States
Name	James C. Owens
Namesake	James C. Owens Jr.
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro
Laid down	9 April 1944
Launched	1 October 1944
Commissioned	17 February 1945
Decommissioned	15 July 1973
Stricken	15 July 1973
Fate	To Brazil 15 July 1973
Brazil
Name	Sergipe
Acquired	15 July 1973
Stricken	17 October 1995
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns, 12 × 40 mm AA guns, 11 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS James C. Owens (DD-776), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy FRAM II class to be named for Lieutenant James C. Owens Jr., a member of Torpedo Squadron 8 on board USS Hornet. His entire squadron was lost in an attack against Japanese aircraft carriers 4 June during the Battle of Midway. Lt. Owens received the Navy Cross and the Presidential Unit Citation (US) posthumously.