USS Gatling
Service
- as USS Gatling19 August 1943 — 2 May 1960745 days of the war
- Name
- USS Gatling
- Namesake
- Richard Jordan Gatling
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, N.J.
- Laid down
- 3 March 1943
- Launched
- 20 June 1943
- Commissioned
- 19 August 1943
- Decommissioned
- 2 May 1960
- Struck
- 1 December 1974
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 22 February 1977 (1977)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 11.89 m (39 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 329
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Gatling was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Richard Jordan Gatling. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, N.J. laid her keel on 3 March 1943. Launched on 20 June 1943, she entered service on 19 August 1943.
Her class ran to 173 ships. The class followed the Gleaves-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,050 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 11.9 m (39 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 329.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 745 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 May 1960. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1974.
She was broken up for scrap on 22 February 1977.
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
- geared turbines
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 DP guns
- 10 × 40 mm AA guns
- 7 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abbot (DD-629)
- USS Abner Read (DD-526)
- USS Albert W. Grant
- USS Ammen (DD-527)
- USS Anthony (DD-515)
- USS Aulick (DD-569)
- USS Bache (DD-470)
- USS Beale (DD-471)
- USS Bearss
- USS Bell (DD-587)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Bennett
- USS Bennion
- USS Black
- USS Boyd
- USS Bradford
- USS Braine
- USS Brown (DD-546)
- USS Brownson (DD-518)
- USS Bryant
- USS Bullard
- USS Burns (DD-588)
- USS Bush (DD-529)
- USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Gatling on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics photo BuAer 81056 available at Destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons