_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea_in_1960.jpg) USS Gearing (DD-710) in the Mediterranean Sea in 1960
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Gearing |
| Namesake | Gearing family |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 10 August 1944 |
| Launched | 18 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1973 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
| Identification | DD-710 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 6 November 1974. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 390.6 ft (119.1 m) |
| Beam | 40.10 ft (12.22 m) |
| Draft | 14.4 ft (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 336[1] |
| Armament |
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USS Gearing (DD-710) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.[2]
- ^ "USS Gearing". hullnumber.com. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ "USS Gearing". destroyers.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2013.