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

USS Gyatt

Gearing-class destroyer

USS Gyatt
U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1056266 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Gyatt (DDG-1) underway at sea on 30 June 1961.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Gyatt2 July 1945 — 22 October 196962 days of the war
Gearing-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Gyatt
Namesake
Edward Earl Gyatt
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Laid down
7 September 1944
Launched
15 April 1945
Commissioned
2 July 1945
Decommissioned
22 October 1969
Struck
22 October 1969
Fate
Sunk as a target, 11 June 1970 (1970)
Status
Wreck

Specifications — As built

Displacement, standard
2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length
118.87 m (390 ft)
Beam
12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
34.6 knots (64.1 km/h, 39.8 mph)
Range
3,910 nmi (7,241 km)
Complement
345
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Gyatt was a Gearing-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She was named for Edward Earl Gyatt. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey laid her keel on 7 September 1944. She entered service on 2 July 1945, having been launched on 15 April 1945.

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 12.5 m (41 ft). Her designed speed was 34.6 knots, and she carried a complement of 345. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 60,000 shp.

She was in commission for 62 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1969. She was struck from the register on 22 October 1969.

She was expended as a target on 11 June 1970. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.

As built
Propulsion
  • 4 × Babcock & Wilcox steam boilers
  • 2 × propellers
Power
  • 60000 shp
Armament
  • 3 × twin 5"/38 (12.7 cm) dual purpose guns
  • 16 × 40 mm Bofors
  • 20 × 20 mm Oerlikons
  • 1 × quintuple 21-inch (53.3 cm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
1956 rebuild
Complement
296
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)
Armament
  • 2 × twin 5"/38 (12.7 cm) dual purpose guns
  • 2 × twin 3"/50 (7.6 cm) AA guns
  • 1 × twin arm Terrier AA missile launcher (Removed 1962)
  • 2 × triple 12.75 in anti-submarine torpedo tubes
  • 2 × depth charge projectors

Sister ships

30 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Gyatt on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1056266 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons