USS Gherardi
Service
- as Gherardi15 September 1942 — 17 December 19551,083 days of the war
- Name
- USS Gherardi
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-637
- Namesake
- Bancroft Gherardi
- Builder
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
- Laid down
- 16 September 1941
- Launched
- 12 February 1942
- Commissioned
- 15 September 1942
- Decommissioned
- 17 December 1955
- Struck
- 1 June 1971
- Fate
- Sunk as target off Puerto Rico, 3 June 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,630 long tons (1,656 t)
- Length
- 106.07 m (348 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 37.4 knots (69.3 km/h, 43 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 276
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Gherardi was a Gleaves-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-637. The ship was named after Bancroft Gherardi. Her keel was laid at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 16 September 1941. She entered service on 15 September 1942, having been launched on 12 February 1942.
66 ships of the class were built. 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 was in commission for 1,083 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 December 1955. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1971.
She was expended as a target on 3 June 1973. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 50000 shp
- 4 boilers
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 4 × 5 in/38 caliber DP guns
- 4 × 40 mm guns
- 4 × 20 mm AA guns
- 5 × 21 in torpedo tubes (1x5; 5 Mark 15 torpedoes)
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
- USS Baldwin
- USS Beatty (DD-640)
- USS Bristol (DD-453)
- USS Buchanan (DD-484)
- USS Butler
- USS Carmick
- USS Corry (DD-463)
- USS Cowie
- USS Davison
- USS Doran (DD-634)
- USS Doyle (DMS-34)
- USS Duncan (DD-485)
- USS Earle
- USS Eberle
- USS Edison (DD-439)
- USS Edwards (DD-619)
- USS Ellyson
- USS Emmons
- USS Endicott
- USS Ericsson (DD-440)
- USS Fitch
- USS Forrest
- USS Frankford
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Gherardi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Originally from http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/dd637.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons