USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)

USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
History
United States
Name	Charles H. Roan
Namesake	Charles H. Roan
Laid down	27 September 1945
Launched	15 March 1946
Sponsored by	Mrs. Lillabel Roan
Commissioned	12 September 1946
Decommissioned	21 September 1973
Stricken	21 September 1973
Homeport	Newport, Rhode Island
Identification	DD-853
Nickname(s)	The Jolly Cholly
Fate	Transferred to Turkey 1973
Turkey
Name	Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak
Acquired	1973
Identification	D 351
Fate	Scrapped 1995
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 tons
Length	390.5 ft (119.0 m)
Beam	41.1 ft (12.5 m)
Draught	18.5 ft (5.6 m)
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	367
Armament	6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles Howard Roan, a United States Marine who lost his life in action on the island of Palau during World War II.

Charles H. Roan was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 15 March 1946, and commissioned on 12 September 1946.

From her home port at Newport, Rhode Island, Charles H. Roan operated through 1960 on training exercises along the east coast and in the Caribbean. Typifying the manifold missions of the destroyer, she trained with aircraft carriers, with submarines, in convoy escort exercises, and in amphibious operations. In addition, she gave service as part of the midshipman training squadron, as engineering school ship for Destroyer Force, Atlantic, and in North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises.