USS Arnold J. Isbell

USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869)
History
United States
Name	USS Arnold J. Isbell
Namesake	Arnold J. Isbell
Laid down	14 March 1945
Launched	6 August 1945
Commissioned	5 January 1946
Stricken	1 February 1974
Identification	Hull number: DD-869
Motto	Necede Malis
Fate	Sold to Greece, 1974
Greece
Name	Sachtouris
Namesake	Georgios Sachtouris
Acquired	1974
Identification	Pennant number: D214
Fate	Scrapped, 2002
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 tons
Length	390 ft 6 in (119 m)
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12 m)
Draft	18 ft 6 in (6 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed	36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph)
Range	4,380 nmi (8,110 km; 5,040 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	11 officers and 345 enlisted
Armament	3 × twin 5-inch 38 caliber gun mounts 12 × 40 mm AA guns 8 × 20 mm AA guns 2 × depth charge tracks (26 depth charges) 6 × K-Gun (30 depth charges) 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arnold J. Isbell, an aircraft carrier captain during World War II. The ship was laid down on 14 March 1945 at Staten Island, New York, by Bethlehem Mariners Harbor, launched on 6 August 1945 and commissioned on 5 January 1946. Constructed too late to see action in World War II, the vessel initially served as a training ship with the United States Atlantic Fleet, before transferring to the Pacific and deploying to Korea during the Korean War and off the Vietnam coast during the Vietnam War. In 1972 Arnold J. Isbell was made part of the reserve training fleet and in 1974, sold to Greece where the ship was renamed Satchouris and served with the Hellenic Navy until being sold for scrap in 2002.