USS Helm DD-388
(Bagley Class)
Launched: May 27, 1937, Norfolk Navy Yard
Commissioned: October 16, 1937
Decommissioned:  June 26, 1946
Fate: After being used as target practice in "Operation Crossroads," her hulk was sold to Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California in October 1947 for scrapping.

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The Bagley Class as Constructed
Displacement: 1,646 tons
Length: 341 feet, 4 inches
Beam: 35 feet, 6 inches
Draught: 12 feet, 10 inches
Performance: 49,000 shp for 38.5 knots
Bunkerage: 504 tons
Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots
Guns: four 5 inch; four .5 inch MG
Torpedoes: sixteen 21 inch

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