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Hull Number: DD-817

Launch Date: 07/28/1945

Commissioned Date: 02/27/1946

Decommissioned Date: 02/27/1981

Call Sign: NAYC

Voice Call Sign: MISGIVE (67-69)


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: WILLIAM MERRILL CORRY

WILLIAM MERRILL CORRY


Disposition:

Struck from Navy Register 2/27/1981. Sold to Greece to use for spare parts.