USS Gearing - Wikipedia

USS Gearing (DD-710) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the ... USSGearing FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Gearing-classdestroyer USSGearing(DD-710)intheMediterraneanSeain1960 History UnitedStates NameGearing NamesakeGearingfamily BuilderFederalShipbuilding&DrydockCo.ofKearny,NewJersey Laiddown10August1944 Launched18February1945 Commissioned3May1945 Decommissioned1973 Stricken1July1973 IdentificationDD-710 FateSoldforscrapon6November1974. Generalcharacteristics ClassandtypeGearing-classdestroyer Displacement 2,616 tonsstandard 3,460 tonsfullload Length390.6 ft(119.1 m) Beam40.10 ft(12.22 m) Draft14.4 ft(4.4 m) Propulsion 2shafts GeneralElectricsteamturbines 4boilers 60,000 shp(45 MW) Speed36.8knots(68.2 km/h;42.3 mph) Range4,500 nmi(8,330 km)at20knots(37 km/h) Complement336[1] Armament 6x5 in(130 mm)dualpurposeguns 12x40mmanti-aircraftguns 11x20mmanti-aircraftguns 10x21inch(533mm)torpedotubes USSGearing(DD-710)wastheleadshipofherclassofdestroyersintheUnitedStatesNavy.ShewasnamedforthreegenerationsoftheGearingfamily,CommanderHenryChalfantGearing,Sr.,CaptainHenryChalfantGearing,Jr.andLieutenantHenryChalfantGearing,III.[2] Construction[edit] Gearingwaslaunchedon18February1945bytheFederalShipbuilding&DrydockCo.,Kearny,NewJersey.GearingwassponsoredbyMrs.ThomasM.Foley,daughterofCommanderGearingandcommissioned3May1945withCommanderT.H.Copemanincommand. History[edit] AftershakedownoffCuba,GearingreachedNorfolk22July1945andtrainedprecommissioningcrewsforotherdestroyersuntilputtinginatCascoBay,Maine,5October.GearingputinatPensacola,Florida,4NovembertoscreentheaircraftcarrierRangerduringcarrierqualificationoperations. ReturningtoNorfolk21March1946,sheconductedpeacetimeoperationsalongtheAtlanticcoastofNorthandSouthAmerica,intheCaribbean,visitingMontevideo,Uruguay;andRiodeJaneiro,Brazil.Gearingsailed10November1947onherfirstMediterraneancruise,[3]callingatAlgeria,Malta,Italy,andFrancebeforemooringagainatNorfolk11March1948. PeacetimeoperationsalongtheeasternseaboardandintheCaribbeanpreparedherforasecondcruisetoEuropeanwaters;thedestroyervisitedmostofthenationswashedbytheMediterraneanfrom10November1947to11March1948andduplicatedthislongvoyagefrom4Januaryto23May1949. Duringthefallof1949GearingtookpartinOperationFrostbite,anArcticcruisetestanddevelopmentofcoldweathertechniquesandequipment.ShecontinuedoperationsofftheeastcoastoftheUnitedStatesandintheCaribbeanthrough1950.Anothervoyagefrom10Januaryto17May1951broughtherfromNorfolktotheMediterraneanandreturn;theremainderoftheyearwasoccupiedbytrainingcruisesasfarnorthasHalifaxandsouthtoCubanwaters. BynowGearinghadestablishedthepatternofpeacetimeoperationsshefollowedwellintothe1960s:"Med"cruisesusuallyonceayear,andexerciseintheAtlanticandCaribbean.Thesekeptherinfightingtrimfortheceaselessdutiesofseapower.ShealsotookpartinnegotiationsduringtheSantaMariahijacking,andwasmodernizedandoverhauledlate1961throughearly1962atBoston. GearingafterherFRAMImodernisation,in1967. InOctober1962[4]GearingtookpartintheAmericannavalblockadeofCubainresponsetoCubanMissileCrisis,thebasingofSovietballisticmissilesonthatisland,andwasthefirsttointerceptaSovietvessel.[2]Afterdiplomaticnegotiationsendedthiscrisis,GearingreturnedtoNorfolkon1November1962.Throughtheremainderof1962shecontinuedoperationsintheAtlantic. AfterparticipatinginOperation"Springboard-63"earlyin1963,GearingsailedfortheMediterraneaninMarchservingwiththe6thFleetduringthesummer.ShereturnedtoNewportinSeptemberfora"FRAMI"overhaul.FollowingoperationsintheCaribbeanandNorthAtlanticinthespringandsummerof1964,GearingenteredtheMediterraneanon4Octobertorejointhe6thFleet.Afterreturninghomeearlyin1965,shecontinuedoperatingintheAtlanticFleetinto1967. Shewasdecommissionedin1973,strickenon1July1973andsoldforscrapon6November1974. References[edit] ^"USSGearing".hullnumber.com.Retrieved21April2013. ^ab"USSGearing".destroyers.org.Retrieved21April2013. ^"USSGearing(DD-710)".mesothelioma.com.Retrieved21April2013. ^"Fiftyyearsago".proflyersinc.com.Retrieved21April2013. 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