USS Buchanan (DD-484)

USS Buchanan was a Gleaves-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-484. The ship was named after Franklin Buchanan. Her keel was laid at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 11 February 1941. She entered service on 21 March 1942, having been launched on 22 November 1941.

She was one of 66 ships of her class. The class followed the Benson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Fletcher-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,630 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37.4 knots, and she carried a complement of 276.

Her main battery was four 127 mm (5 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as Buchanan until 7 June 1949. She then passed to the Turkish Navy, serving as Gelibolu from 28 April 1949. She was in commission for 1,261 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 April 1948. She was struck from the register on 7 June 1949.

She was broken up for scrap in 1976.

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