Hull Number: DD-646
Launch Date: 11/11/1942
Commissioned Date: 01/11/1943
Decommissioned Date: 05/15/1946
Call Sign: NBQS
Class: GLEAVES
GLEAVES Class
Data for USS Gleaves (DD-423) as of 1945
Length Overall: 348’ 4"
Beam: 36’ 1"
Draft: 13’ 6"
Standard Displacement: 1,630 tons
Full Load Displacement: 2,525 tons
Fuel capacity: 2,928 barrels
Armament:
Four 5″/38 caliber guns
Two 40mm twin anti-aircraft mounts
Two 21″ quintuple torpedo tub
Complement:
16 Officers
260 Enlisted
Propulsion:
4 Boilers
2 Westinghouse Turbines: 50,000 horsepower
Highest speed on trials: 37.4 knots
Namesake: ROBERT FIELD STOCKTON
ROBERT FIELD STOCKTON
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, September 2015
Robert Field Stockton, born on 20 August 1795 at Princeton, N.J., entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1811. During the War of 1812, he served with distinction on board a frigate, President, and later ashore defending Washington and Baltimore. After the war, Stockton served in the Mediterranean Squadron, operating against Barbary pirates in waters off the west coast of Africa, suppressing the slave trade, and in the Caribbean fighting buccaneers. He commanded Erie and Alligator between 1820 and 1822. Stockton left active duty in 1828 to become involved in the Delaware & Raritan Canal Co.
Returning to active duty in 1838 with the rank of captain, Stockton assumed command of ship-of-the-line Ohio. He declined President Tyler’s offer to appoint him Secretary of the Navy in 1841 and instead worked with John Ericsson on the construction of the Navy’s first screw warship Princeton; and, in 1843, he became her first commander. In 1845, he was chosen by the President to convey the United States government’s annexation resolution to the government of Texas.
After relieving Commodore Sloat in command of the Pacific Squadron on 23 July 1847, Commodore Stockton directed operations which captured California and added other territory to the nation. He resigned from the Navy on 28 May 1850; and, in the following year, was sent to the United States Senate by New Jersey. During his term as Senator, Stockton introduced a bill providing for abolition of flogging in the Navy; and he was energetic in urging adequate coastal defenses. From 1853 until his death, Commodore Stockton was president of the Delaware & Raritan Canal Co. He died on 7 October 1866 at Princeton, N.J.
Disposition:
Sold 05/25/1973 to Southern Scrap Material Co. LTD., New Orleans, LA. Scrapped.