USS Noa (DD-841)
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USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy best known for recovering astronaut John Glenn and his Friendship 7 capsule after the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gearing-class destroyer
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United States Navy warship ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 40 ft 10 in ⓘ |
| category |
Cold War destroyers of the United States
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Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy ⓘ Ships built in Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 1946-02-02 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipation |
Korean War era operations
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Vietnam War era operations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crewComplement | approximately 336 ⓘ |
| decommissionedDate | 1973-10-31 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 3,460 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 2,425 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 14 ft 4 in ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fate | transferred to Spanish Navy ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment | Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeport | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-841 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownAt | Bath, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownBy | Bath Iron Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1945-01-26 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1945-07-30 ⓘ |
| launchedBy | Bath Iron Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 390 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| mission | spacecraft recovery operations for NASA Mercury program ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heman Noa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalRegistry | U.S. Navy hull classification symbol DD-841 ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
recovered Friendship 7 spacecraft after splashdown
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recovered astronaut John Glenn after Mercury-Atlas 6 mission ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumberInSpanishNavy | D65 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 geared steam turbines
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2 shafts ⓘ 4 boilers ⓘ |
| recoveredAstronaut | John Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredSpacecraft | Friendship 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryDateOfJohnGlenn | 1962-02-20 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Gearing class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Miss Ann Noa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsequentName | Blas de Lezo (D65) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 35 knots ⓘ |
| type | destroyer ⓘ |
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