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- USS Gatling (DD-671) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy, named after Richard Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun.
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Gatling (DD-671) Caption: USS Gatling (DD-671) deployed and ready to fight while keeping the peace in the Mediterranean in 1959. (DD-671: dp. 2,050;l. 376'5"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 35 k.;...
USS Gatling (DD-671) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named after Richard Jordan Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun. Gatling was laid down 3 March 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny, New Jersey ; launched 20 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Gatling, wife of the inventor's grandson ...
Signature. Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun .
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- February 26, 1903 (aged 84), New York City, US
- September 12, 1818, Hertford County, North Carolina, US
- Gatling gun
Hull Number: DD-671. Launch Date: 06/20/1943. Commissioned Date: 08/19/1943. Decommissioned Date: 05/02/1960. Call Sign: NJTL. Voice Call Sign: LATE DATE, RINGSIDE. Class: FLETCHER. Namesake: RICHARD JORDAN GATLING. Disposition: Struck 12/1/1974. Sold 2/22/1977. Ship History.
Richard Jordan Gatling, born in Hartford County, N.C., 12 September 1818, won fame as the inventor of machines to plant cotton, rice, and wheat; and hemp-breaker; a steam plow; and a screw propeller for steamboats.
Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in 1862. Gatling’s career as an inventor began when he assisted his father in the construction and perfecting of machines for sowing cotton.
Mar 4, 2010 · Print Page. George C. Dotter/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images. In 1862, Richard Jordan Gatling invented a multi-barreled, rotating gun operated by a hand crank that could fire up...
