The British destroyer HMS Terpsichore (D48) is escorting the USS Wasp, CV-18 of the US Navy.
The main characteristics of the destroyer Terpsichore: displacement – 1710 tons (standard), 2505 tons (full). Length – 111 m, width – 11 m, draft 4.3 m. Power plant – 2 boilers, 2 Parsons turbines, power – 40 thousand hp. The maximum speed is 37 knots. Crew – 225 people.
The destroyer Terpsichore, armament: four 120-mm cannons (4.7 inch QF Mark IX) in four turrets (two for the bow, two for the stern), two twin mounts of 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns “Bofors”, eight torpedo tubes, depth charges.
Destroyer Terpsicore source: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1977.031.074.099.
Location: Pacific Ocean
Photo time: August 1945