USS Gainard
Service
- as Gainard23 November 1944 — 26 February 1971283 days of the war
- Name
- USS Gainard
- Namesake
- Joseph Gainard
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
- Laid down
- 29 March 1944
- Launched
- 17 September 1944
- Commissioned
- 23 November 1944
- Decommissioned
- 26 February 1971
- Struck
- 26 February 1971
- Fate
- Sold 26 March 1974 to be scrapped (1974)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Gainard was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She was named for Joseph Gainard. Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company laid her keel on 29 March 1944. She entered service on 23 November 1944, having been launched on 17 September 1944.
54 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.
Displacement was 2,200 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 283 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 26 February 1971. She was struck from the register on 26 February 1971.
She was broken up for scrap on 26 March 1974.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
- 12 × 40 mm AA guns
- 11 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham
- USS Allen M. Sumner
- USS Ault
- USS Barton (DD-722)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Borie (DD-704)
- USS Bristol (DD-857)
- USS Brush
- USS Charles S. Sperry
- USS Collett
- USS Compton
- USS Cooper
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Douglas H. Fox
- USS Drexler
- USS English
- USS Frank E. Evans
- USS Hank
- USS Harlan R. Dickson
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
- USS Hyman
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Gainard on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-75811 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons