USS Gearing (DD-710)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:armament 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
11 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 40 mm AA guns
2 × depth charge tracks
6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
6 × depth charge projectors
gptkbp:awards 2 battle stars (Korean War)
2 battle stars (Vietnam War)
gptkbp:beam 40 ft 10 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Federal_Shipbuilding_and_Drydock_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Kearny,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:category World War II destroyers of the United States
1945 ships
Ships built in Kearny, New Jersey
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 3 May 1945
gptkbp:complement 336
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 6 July 1973
gptkbp:displacement 2,616 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 18 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gearing (DD-710)
gptkbp:hullNumber DD-710
gptkbp:laidDown 10 August 1944
gptkbp:launched 18 February 1945
gptkbp:length 390 ft 6 in
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Henry_Chalfant_Gearing,_Sr.
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 geared steam turbines
gptkbp:range 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 July 1973
gptkbp:sunkBy 20 June 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5