Picking (DD 685) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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,x , , ...S 5 1 P 2 I lljgflslg like Q if T C ' fyf , ' ' . . .L fi g iw li it 4 A A 4 4 l tatistics The PICKING was named in memory of Captain Sherwood Picking, USN, who died in a plane crash in Scotland en route to London on 1 September 1941. Captain Picking was born at Baltimore, Maryland 21 February 1890 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in the Class of 1911. He was promoted to Captain on 1 July 1939. During World War I, he was cited for distinguished and heroic action as Commanding Officer of a submarine which operated in waters infested with enemy vessels and mines. Length-376 feet Personnel-Officers-16 Chief Petty Officers--11 Enlisted Men 286 Construction-Bethlehem Steel Co. Quintuple Torpedo Mount Launched-1 June 1943 Six K-Guns Width-40 feet Armament-Four 5-inch guns Six 3-inch guns Sponsor-Mrs. Sherwood Picking Two Hedgehog Mounts Commissioned-21 September 1943 Displacement-2050 tons Miles Steamed 1 April 1953 2 October 1953 47000 Rounds Fired Korean Action 572 ll 'lr s K l 'l ri ml il . . f - l V I O V v 1 . . Q -. . 5

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