USS O'Hare

USS O'Hare underway in the 1960s
History
United States
Name	O'Hare
Namesake	Edward O'Hare
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation
Laid down	27 January 1945
Launched	22 June 1945
Commissioned	29 November 1945
Decommissioned	31 October 1973
Reclassified	DDR-889, 1953
Stricken	2 June 1975
Identification	Callsign: NBIM Hull number: DD-889
Motto	Custodia Pacis (Hold Peace)
Fate	Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973
Notes	Sold to Spain, 17 May 1978
Badge
Spain
Name	Méndez Núñez
Namesake	Casto Méndez Núñez
Acquired	31 October 1973
Decommissioned	3 April 1992
Stricken	1992
Identification	Hull number: D-63
Fate	Scrapped, 1992
General characteristics
Class and type	Gearing-class destroyer Churruca-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draft	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Propulsion	General Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	267
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns (3×2) 12 × 40 mm AA guns (2×4, 2×2) 11 × 20 mm AA guns (11×1) 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×5) 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks

USS O'Hare (DD/DDR-889) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, Medal of Honor recipient, who was shot down at Tarawa on 27 November 1943.

O'Hare was laid down at the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 27 January 1945; launched on 22 June 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Selma O'Hare, the mother of Lieutenant Commander O'Hare, and commissioned on 29 November 1945.