W-211 USN DESTROYER DE-429 LIVERMORE

USS Livermore (DD-429) was an American WWII destroyer. The keel for this unit was laid in 1939, and the launch took place in August 1940. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 106.15 meters and a width of 11 meters. The displacement reached approx. 1,650 tons, and the maximum speed reached approx. 37-38 knots. The armament at the time of the launch consisted of: five 127 mm guns, 6 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and 10 533 mm torpedo tubes. USS Livermore (DD-429) was one of over 60 Gleaves-class destroyers. Units of this type were designed in the late 1930s based on the Sims class destroyers. Compared to its predecessors, slightly reinforced artillery armament, but above all, a different structure of the engine room, which was to ensure greater survival of the ship in the event of being hit by a torpedo or an aerial bomb. In general, however, both classes of destroyers (Sims and Gleaves) were similar in many respects. One of the Gleaves-class destroyers was just that USS Livermore, which was built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The unit, almost immediately after entering service, was sent to cover the Atlantic convoys. In the course of 1941, it covered, inter alia, convoys heading from Iceland to the British Isles. In November 1942, the USS Livermore supported the Allied landing in North Africa (Operation Torch). In the period from April 1943 to January 1944, the destroyer made voyages in Brazilian waters, but also on the New York - Casablanca route. Later it was moved to the Mediterranean basin. In August 1944, USS Livermore indirectly participated in Operation Dragon, the Allied landing in southern France. The unit was decommissioned in 1947, and in 1961 - sold for scrap.