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The pace of US destroyer construction peaked in 1944 and early 1945 with the Allen M. Sumner -class 2,200-tonners. The 40 Sumner s delivered through September 1944 were launched an average of 144 days after keel laying and commissioned after an average of 88 days more, or 232 days total—less than 2/3 the elapsed time for the average Fletcher.
The Gearing ( DD ) Class. The pre-eminent destroyer to emerge from World War II – the Gearing class – with the help of the Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization program (FRAM I) – survived for over three decades as a useful arm of the fleet. One Gearing class destroyer, the USS Gurke was still serving as an active ship. fifty years after ...
Mar 20, 2020 · The U.S. Navy Band plays as families say goodbye to naval personnel getting ready to depart on Destroyer duty (0:07-0:58). The Destroyer, USS Gearing DD710, an Ocean Greyhound, leaves port (0:59-1:25). The United States Navy Presents Destroyermen in a background of ocean waves (1:26-1:39). USS Gearing plows through the waves (1:43-2:34).
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 6 × depth charge projectors. 2 × depth charge tracks. USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for USMC Private First Class Richard B. Anderson (1921–1944), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Kwajalein .
Aug 20, 2018 · Purchase a Download. The USS Orleck was a Gearing-class destroyer that served in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1982. Museum Executive Director Ron Williams explained the role the ship played during the ...
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USS Gearing (DD 710) USS Gearing after her FRAM I conversion. USS GEARING was the first of the 98 GEARING - class destroyers and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Throughout her 28 years of service, the GEARING was a member of the Atlantic Fleet and regularly deployed to the Mediterranean. Extensively converted as part of the Navy's ...
