Ship Stats -

Drexler DD-741 was launched 3 September, 1944 by Bath iron Works, Corp., Bath Maine; Sponsored by Mrs. L.A. Drexler, mother of Ensign Drexler.

Vital Stats -

  • Destroyer Class: Sumner
  • Displacement: 2200 tons
  • Length: 376 ½ feet
  • Beam: 41' - 1"
  • Draft: 15' - 8"
  • Speed: 34 knots
  • Armament: (3) - Twin 5" 38 cal.; (2) - Quad. 40 mm.; (2) - Twin 40 mm; 20 mm Anti-Aircraft; (10) - 221"; Torpedo Tubes; K-Guns; Depth Charges
  • Size of Crew: 357 Officers and men
  • Captain: Commander Ronald l. Wilson, USN

Ships Which USS Drexler Operated With During Shakedown -

  • USS Williams DE 372
  • USS Speri - Submarine
  • USS Compton DD 705
  • USS Scribner APD 122
  • USS Kennebec
  • USS Cunningham DD 752
  • USS Gainard DD 706
  • USS Soley DD 707