History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Gurke (DD-783) |
Namesake | Henry Gurke |
Builder | Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington |
Laid down | 1 July 1944 |
Launched | 15 February 1945 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 30 January 1976 |
Stricken | 30 January 1976 |
Honors and awards | 7 battle stars (Korea) |
Fate | Transferred to Greece, 17 March 1977 |
History | |
Greece | |
Name | Tombazis (D215) |
Namesake | Iakovos Tombazis |
Acquired | 17 March 1977 |
Commissioned | 3 July 1977 |
Decommissioned | 12 January 1997 |
Stricken | 12 January 1997 |
Status | laid up |
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 Gurke (DD-783) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, in service from 1945 to 1976. She was transferred to Greece in 1977 and served as Tombazis (D 215) until 1997.