USS Richard P. Leary

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USS Richard P. Leary underway in April 1944
History
United States
Name	Richard P. Leary
Namesake	Richard Phillips Leary
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	4 July 1943
Launched	6 October 1943
Commissioned	23 February 1944
Decommissioned	10 December 1946
Stricken	18 March 1974
Identification	Callsign: NWPD Hull number: DD-664
Fate	Transferred to Japan, 10 March 1959 Returned 10 March 1974 Scrapped, 1 July 1976
Japan
Name	Yūgure (ゆうぐれ)
Namesake	Yūgure (1934)
Sponsored by	Mrs. George K. Crozer III
Acquired	10 March 1959
Commissioned	1960
Decommissioned	9 March 1974
Stricken	18 March 1974
Identification	Hull number: DD-184
Fate	Returned to US, 10 March 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer Ariake-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length	376 ft 5 in (114.73 m)
Beam	39 ft 7 in (12.07 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 10 × 40 mm AA guns 7 × 20 mm AA guns 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	United States Pacific Fleet (1943–1946) Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946–1959,1974) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (1959–1974)
Operations:	Battle of Peleliu (1944) Battle of Leyte (1944) Battle of Surigao Strait (1944) Battle of Luzon (1945) Battle of Iwo Jima (1945) Battle of Okinawa (1945)
Awards:	6 battle stars

USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. In 1959, the ship was transferred to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force and renamed Yūgure. The destroyer remained in service with the Japanese until 1974, when she was returned to the US, who then sold the ship for scrap in 1976.