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The Gearing Family. Gearing (DD 710) was launched 18 February 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co ., Port Newark, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Foley, daughter of Comdr. Gearing; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 3 May 1945, Commander Thomas H. Copeman in command. After shakedown off Cuba, Gearing reached Norfolk 22 ...
Dec 7, 2023 · In the late 1950s-early 1960s, seventy-nine Gearing-class destroyers were taken in hands for extensive modernization under the FRAM I program or project SCB 206. The Gearing were originally designed as anti-aircraft destroyer to screen and protect fast carrier formation.
Oct 22, 2021 · WRONG! For example, on Dec. 18, 1944, Task Force 38 was struck by Typhoon Cobra — sometimes called “Halsey’s Typhoon” — off the Philippines. The destroyers USS Hull (DD-350), Spence (DD-512), and Monaghan (DD-354) all capsized and sank. Seven hundred ninety men were killed and 80 injured.
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).
USS Brownson (DD-868) was a Gearing-class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, USN (1845–1935). Design and launch [ edit ] Brownson was designed by Gibbs and Cox , Naval Architects, New York office.
Higbee (DD 806) was launched on 13 November 1944 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Wheaton, sister of the late Mrs. Lenah S. Higbee; and commissioned on 27 January 1945, Comdr. Lindsay Williamson in command. Higbee immediately sailed to Boston, where she was converted as a radar picket destroyer.
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