USS Norris

USS Norris
History
United States
Name	Norris
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California
Laid down	29 August 1944
Launched	25 February 1945
Commissioned	9 June 1945
Decommissioned	4 December 1970
Reclassified	DDE-859, 4 March 1950 DD-859, 7 August 1962
Stricken	1 February 1974
Honors and awards	2 battle stars (Korea)
Fate	Transferred to Turkey, 1 July 1974
Turkey
Name	Kocatepe
Acquired	1 July 1974
Fate	Sold for scrapping, June 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	42 ft 6 in (12.95 m)
Propulsion	2 × DeLaval double turbines 2 × 4-blade propellers
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Complement	288
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns w/Mk.37 directors 4 × 40 mm AA guns w/Mk.63 directors 20 × 20 mm AA guns w/Mk.14 sight 5 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors (K-guns) 2 × depth charge tracks (8600 lb charges per track)

USS Norris (DD-859) was one of 98 Gearing-class destroyers in the United States Navy during the end of World War II. Norris was active from 9 June 1945 to 4 December 1970. Although built too late to see action during the war, the ship served in the Pacific, Atlantic, Asiatic, and Mediterranean areas.