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Check it out girls! We have a destroyer for transportation today. Duchess, make sure your Captain's uniform is pressed and ready. Radu and Jen, break out the Dramamine. Bunny, you can bounce all you want. LaDiva, snacks are in order and crumbs are ok. Bentfeather, plenty of room for any entertainment. This is Tonkin's (GMG3) ship! Today is Coast Guard Friday night, but maybe Tonk can give us a guided tour and learn us how to fire the big guns. This should be fun.

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Displacement: 2,616 tons (3,460 tons full load)

Length: 390 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet 10 inches

Draught: 14 feet 4 inches (mean)

Machinery: 4- Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines

Performance: 60,000 shp for 36.8 knots

Bunkerage: 740 tons

Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots

Torpedoes: Ten 21 inch in two mounts

Guns: Six 5 inch DP; Twelve 40 mm; Eleven 20 mm