USS Maury
DD-401
(Gridley Class)
Laid down: March 24, 1936
Launched: February 14, 1938
Commissioned: August 5, 1938
Decommissioned:  October 19, 1946
Fate: Scrapped, 1946

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Eugene Scialdone joined the Navy in early 1936, and was a Plankowner when Maury was commissioned in 1938.  He served on her until she returned to San Pedro in 1943, where he was removed and sent to the hospital for medical reasons.  His rate at that time was Chief Petty Officer (Boatswains Mate.) His Battle Station was Gun Captain No.1, 5"/38 Cal. Gun.
The Gridley Class as Constructed
Displacement: 1,590 tons (2,219 tons full load)
Length: 340 feet, 10 inches
Beam: 35 feet, 10 inches
Draught: 12 feet, 9 inches
Performance: 50,000 shp for 38.5 knots
Bunkerage: 525 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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