Gearing-class destroyers

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
11 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 40 mm AA guns
6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
depth charge projectors
gptkbp:beam 40.9 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Consolidated_Steel_Corporation
gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Boston_Navy_Yard
gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel
gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard
gptkb:Charleston_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 336
gptkbp:decommissioned 1983 (last USN ship)
gptkbp:displacement 3460 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 18.6 ft
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:South_Korea
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Taiwan
gptkb:Turkey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gearing-class destroyers
gptkbp:introduced 1945
gptkbp:length 390.5 ft
gptkbp:modernization FRAM I
FRAM II
gptkbp:notableFor extensive postwar service
longest hull of WWII US destroyers
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Gearing_(DD-710)
gptkb:USS_Johnston_(DD-821)
USS Orleck (DD-886)
gptkbp:numberBuilt 98
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Allen_M._Sumner-class_destroyers
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 4500 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:successor Forrest Sherman-class destroyers
gptkbp:usedInConflict gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkb:FRAM_I_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6