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TORPEDO SHIPS

DOXA destroyers (1940-1941/1951)

Doxa 1960

Doxa 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Δόξα [Doxa] (ex-Ludlow) D16   Bath Iron Wks, USA 12/1939 11.11.1940 3/1941 // 21.5.1951 discarded 1972
Νίκη [Niki] (ex-Eberle) D63   Bath Iron Wks, USA 4/1939 14.9.1940 12/1940 // 18.4.1951 discarded 1972

 

Displacement standard, t

1838

Displacement full, t

2572

Length, m

103.9 wl 106.2 oa

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

4.01 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

50000

Max speed, kts

35

Fuel, t

oil 302 - 453

Endurance, nm(kts) 3630(20) - 3880(20)

Armament

4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (50)

Electronic equipment

SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCE sonar

Complement

208

Project history: Former USN Gleaves class destroyers.

Modernizations: 1962, both: pole mast was replaced by a tripod; - 2 x 2 - 20/70

Naval service: No significant events.

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