Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer DD-769

USS Abner Read (DD-769)

Gearing-class destroyer

USS Abner Read (DD-769)
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-710 Gearing - 143870 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-769 Model of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gearing (DD-710). Note that the after set of torpedo tubes has already been replaced by a 40 mm quadruple mount in this model.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Abner Read? — 13 September 19462,193 days of the war
Gearing-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Abner Read
Pennant / hull number
DD-769
Namesake
Lieutenant commander Abner Read
Builder
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California
Laid down
21 May 1944
Struck
13 September 1946
Fate
Cancelled 12 September 1946 and scrapped on slip (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length
118.87 m (390 ft) OA
Beam
12.19 m (40 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Abner Read was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-769. She was named for Lieutenant commander Abner Read. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California laid her keel on 21 May 1944.

55 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Norfolk class.

She displaced 2,425 long tons. She measured 118.9 m (390 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.

Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 60,000 shp.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 13 September 1946.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 September 1946.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × geared turbines
  • 2 × propellers
Power
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Armament
  • 6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
  • 12 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon AA cannons
  • 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

30 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Abner Read (DD-769) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-710 Gearing - 143870 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons