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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Dennis J. Buckley |
| Namesake | Fireman Dennis J. Buckley, Jr. (1920-1943), a U.S. Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 24 July 1944 |
| Launched | 20 December 1944 |
| Commissioned | 2 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 2 July 1973 |
| Reclassified | DDR-808, 18 March 1949 |
| Stricken | 2 July 1973 |
| Motto | Experto credite |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 29 April 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD/DDR-808) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy.