USS Woodworth (DD-460)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Woodworth |
| Namesake: | Selim E. Woodworth |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down: | 30 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 29 November 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 30 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 January 1951 |
| Struck: | 22 January 1951 |
| Identification: | DD-460 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Italy, 1951 |
 Italy
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| Name: | Artigliere |
| Acquired: | 1951 |
| Identification: | D 553 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) |
| Length: | 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed: | 37.6 knots (69.6 km/h; 43.3 mph) |
| Complement: | 276 |
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USS Woodworth (DD-460) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander Selim E. Woodworth.
Woodworth was laid down on 30 April 1941 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; launched on 29 November 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Selim E. Woodworth, niece and daughter-in-law of Commander Woodworth; and commissioned on 30 April 1942, Lieutenant Commander R. C. Webb, Jr., in command.
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After four months spent in fitting out and shakedown, Woodworth spent the remainder of 1942 performing escort duty in the Southwest Pacific area. She stopped at many ports between Australia and Guadalcanal. Woodworth was attached to Task Force (TF) 65 in January 1943, conducting patrols and exercises at the western entrance to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.
On 2 February, Woodworth passed to the control of Vice Admiral Richard P. Leary who commanded TF 69 from his flagship, New Mexico. Two days later, that formation was merged with TF 18 consisting of the cruiser Wichita, two aircraft carriers, three light cruisers, and four destroyers. An oiler and another destroyer also joined the force on 5 February. The month of February was devoted to patrolling and escorting transports in waters between the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. After escorting transports to the Fiji Islands on 1 March, Woodworth returned to Espiritu Santo on 13 March and joined TF 15 organized around the aircraft carrier Enterprise. Woodworth entered port at Espiritu Santo on 21 March and the following day commenced tender availability. On 3 April, she headed back to the Solomons, arriving at Tulagi on 5 April for entrance patrol. The next day, Woodworth escorted the oiler Tappahannock to Kukum and then resumed her patrol.
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