USS Kearny

History
United States
Name	Kearny
Namesake	Lawrence Kearny
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	1 March 1939
Launched	9 March 1940
Commissioned	13 September 1940
Decommissioned	7 March 1946
Stricken	1 June 1971
Fate	Sold for scrap, 6 October 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	37.4 knots (69.3 km/h; 43.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Kearny (DD-432), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was a United States Navy warship during World War II. She was noted for being torpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1941, before the U.S. had entered the war. She survived that attack, and later served in North Africa and the Mediterranean.

She was named for Commodore Lawrence Kearny (1789–1868).