The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification...
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USS Gearing (DD-710) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family...
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Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace the many World War II–built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was...
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destroyerhistory.org. Destroyer History Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-24. "Gearing-class destroyers in World War II". destroyerhistory.org. Destroyer History Foundation...
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were built on hulls originally intended as Allen M. Sumners. The Gearing-class destroyers were of the same design, modified with a 14-foot (4.3 m) midship...
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Robert H. Smith class (Allen M. Sumner class): (Ex- US Navy Gearing-class destroyer:) Ex- US Navy Carpenter-class anti-submarine destroyer: (Modified US...
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USS Brownson (redirect from Brownson (destroyer))
USS Brownson (DD-518), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, launched in 1942 and sunk in action 1943. USS Brownson (DD-868), was a Gearing-class destroyer, launched in 1945 and...
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USS Gyatt (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1/DDG-712) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy operated between 1945 and 1968. The ship was named for Edward...
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M. Sumner and Gearing classes were Fletcher derivatives. The long-range Fletcher-class ships performed every task asked of a destroyer, from anti-submarine...
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Bofors. The machinery was identical to that used in the American Gearing-class destroyers and manufactured under licence by Werkspoor. The radar was manufactured...
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The Chungbuk-class was a class of 7 destroyers, formerly the United States' Gearing-class destroyer, that were transferred to and commissioned by the Republic...
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USS Steinaker (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
The second USS Steinaker (DD-863/DDR-863/DD-863) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Donald Baur Steinaker was born on 15 September...
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Roberts (DD-823), was a Gearing-class destroyer, commissioned in 1946 and struck in 1970. USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile...
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USS McCaffery (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS McCaffery (DD/DDE-860) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was scrapped in 1974. Joseph P...
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USS Johnston (DD-557), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, which sank in the Battle off Samar in 1944 USS Johnston (DD-821), was a Gearing-class destroyer launched 10 October...
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USS Charles P. Cecil (redirect from Greek destroyer Apostolis (D216))
USS Charles P. Cecil (DD/DDR-835) was a Gearing-class destroyer, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Charles P. Cecil...
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destroyed by internal explosions in 1944 USS Turner (DD-834), a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1969 USS Turner Joy (DD-951)...
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USS Floyd B. Parks (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was scrapped in 1974. Floyd Bruce...
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USS Newman K. Perry (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883/DDR-883), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Newman Kershaw Perry was born on 28 November 1880 in South...
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Read (DD-526), a Fletcher-class destroyer commissioned in 1943 and sunk in 1944 USS Abner Read (DD-769), a Gearing-class destroyer laid down during World...
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USS Vesole (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Vesole (DD-878) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Kay Kopl Vesole was born on 11 September 1913 in Przedbórz, Poland. Sometime...
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Battle of Cape Esperance in October 1942. USS Duncan (DD-874) was a Gearing-class destroyer launched in 1944. A fourth ship named has been named USS Duncan...
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Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the United States Navy built 1938–42, designed by Gibbs & Cox. The first ship of the class was USS Gleaves...
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USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864) (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1983. She was then transferred to Pakistan...
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USS John R. Craig (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
(DD-885) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1979. She was sunk as a target in June 1980. The destroyer was named...
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USS Brownson (DD-868) (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Brownson (DD-868) was a Gearing-class destroyer and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, USN...
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USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1974. After her decommissioning, she was...
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Great-class destroyers (Sejongdaewang-Geup Guchukam or Hangul: 세종대왕급 구축함, Hanja: 世宗大王級驅逐艦), also known as KDX-III, are guided-missile destroyers of the...
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USS Timmerman (category Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy)
USS Timmerman (DD-828/EDD-828/AG-152) was a Gearing-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956. She was an experimental...
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The Churruca class was a series of five Spanish Navy ships which originated from the US Navy Gearing-class destroyers. They were all acquired in the 1970s...
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