Namesake: James Metcalf Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Laid down: 10 August 1943 Launched: 25 September 1944 Commissioned: 18 November 1944 Decommissioned: March 1946 Struck: 2 January 1971 Fate: Sold for scrap, 6 June 1972 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: 329 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