USS Stembel

History
United States
Namesake	Roger N. Stembel
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	21 December 1942
Launched	8 May 1943
Commissioned	16 July 1943
Decommissioned	27 May 1958
Stricken	1 September 1975
Fate	Loaned to Argentina, 7 August 1961
History
Argentina
Name	ARA Rosales (D-22)
Namesake	Leonardo Rosales
Acquired	7 August 1961
Stricken	1982
Fate	Scrapped 1982
General characteristics
Class & type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW);; 2 propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6500 nmi. (12,000 km); at 15 kt;
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in (130 mm),; 4 × 40 mm AA guns,; 4 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Stembel (DD-644) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1942 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958. In 1961, she was transferred to Argentina where she served as ARA Rosales (D-22). She was scrapped in 1982.