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Gearing-class destroyer

DestroyerUnited StatesRetired
Gearing-class destroyer
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Key specs

Type
Destroyer
Shipyards
Bath Iron Works, Consolidated Steel, Staten Island, Fore River
First commissioned
1945
Last retired
1983
Status
Retired
Ships completed
98
Ships planned
152
Crew
350

Destroyer

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
3,520 t
Length
119.02 m
Beam
12.47 m
Draught
4.36 m
Performance
Maximum speed
36.8 kn (68 km/h)
Range
4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
Power
45,000 kW
Armament
Armament
6 × 127 mm12 × 40 mm11 × 20 mm6 × K-gun10 × 533 mm6 × 76 mm2 × HedgehogFRAM I4 × 127 mm1 × ASROC2 × Mark 32 torpedo tubes1 × QH-50 DASHVariable Depth Sonar

Operators

United StatesTaiwanSouth KoreaSpainTürkiyePakistanArgentinaBrazil

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Gearing-class destroyer, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.