Hull Number: DD-816
Class: GEARING
GEARING Class
Data for USS Gearing (DD-710) as of 1945
Length Overall: 390’ 6"
Beam: 40’ 10"
Draft: 14’ 4"
Standard Displacement: 2,425 tons
Full Load Displacement: 3,479 tons
Fuel capacity: 4,647 barrels
Armament:
Six 5″/38 caliber guns
Two 40mm twin anti-aircraft mounts
Two 40mm quadruple anti-aircraft mounts
Two 21″ quintuple torpedo tubes
Complement:
20 Officers
325 Enlisted
Propulsion:
4 Boilers
2 General Electric Turbines: 60,000 horsepower
Highest speed on trials: 34.6 knots
Namesake: GRANT F. TIMMERMAN
GRANT F. TIMMERMAN
Disposition:
Construction cancelled 08/12/1945.