German destroyer Z39

Z39 underway under American control, 1945
History
Nazi Germany
Name:	Z39
Ordered:	19 September 1939
Builder:	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number:	G629
Laid down:	15 August 1940
Launched:	2 December 1941
Completed:	21 August 1943
Captured:	6 May 1945
Fate:	Transferred to the United States Navy, July 1945
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type:	Type 1936A (Mob) destroyer
Displacement:	2,519 long tons (2,559 t) (standard) 3,691 long tons (3,750 t) deep load
Length:	127 m (416 ft 8 in) o/a
Beam:	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft:	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	70,000 PS (51,000 kW; 69,000 shp) 6 × water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	2,950 nmi (5,460 km; 3,390 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement:	332
Armament:	1 × twin, 2 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 7 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60 mines

Z39 was a Type 1936A (Mob) destroyer built for the Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Notes

References

• Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Volume 1: Major Surface Warships. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9.
• Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2003). German Destroyers of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-307-1.
• Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
• Whitley, M. J. (1991). German Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-302-8.

External links

• Kriegsmarine destroyers