USS Eugene A. Greene underway in 1951
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Eugene A. Greene |
Namesake | Eugene A. Greene |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 17 August 1944 |
Launched | 18 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 8 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1972 |
Stricken | 2 June 1975 |
Identification |
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Motto | On The Affirmative Way |
Fate | Transferred to Spain, 31 August 1972 |
Badge | |
Spain | |
Name | Churruca |
Namesake | Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza |
Acquired | 31 August 1972 |
Stricken | 15 September 1989 |
Identification | Hull number: D-61 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 12 December 1991 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
Armament |
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USS Eugene A. Greene (DD/DDR-711) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Ensign Eugene A. Greene (1921–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Battle of Midway.