USS Stickell

USS Stickell (DD-888).
History
United States
NameUSS Stickell
NamesakeJohn H. Stickell
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down5 January 1945
Launched16 June 1945
Commissioned31 October 1945
Decommissioned13 December 1952
ReclassifiedDDR-888, 1953
Recommissioned2 September 1953
ReclassifiedDD-888, 1964
Decommissioned1 July 1972
Stricken1 July 1972
Honors and
awards
FateTransferred to Greece, 1 July 1972
BadgeUSS Stickell patch
Greece
NameHS Kanaris
NamesakeKonstantinos Kanaris
Acquired1 July 1972
Commissioned1 July 1972
Decommissioned15 September 1993
Stricken1994
IdentificationD212
FateSold for scrap, 2002
General characteristics
Class and typeGearing-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) standard
  • 3,520 long tons (3,576 t) full
Length390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement274
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × QH-50 DASH helicopters (1963-1976)

USS Stickell (DD-888) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1972. She was renamed HS Kanaris (D212) (Greek: Φ/Γ Κανάρης) in 1972 on transfer to the Hellenic Navy.