USS McCalla (DD-488)

History
United States
Name	McCalla
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	15 September 1941
Launched	20 March 1942
Commissioned	27 May 1942
Decommissioned	29 April 1949
Fate	To Turkish Navy 29 April 1949
Stricken	7 June 1949
Turkey
Name	Giresun
Acquired	29 April 1949
Commissioned	29 April 1949
Stricken	1973
Fate	Scrapped, 1973
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 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS McCalla (DD-488), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bowman H. McCalla, who served during the Spanish–American War and would eventually attain the rank of rear admiral.