USS Kenneth D. Bailey
Service
- as USS Kenneth D. Bailey31 July 1945 — 20 January 197036 days of the war
- Name
- USS Kenneth D. Bailey
- Pennant / hull number
- DDG-713
- Namesake
- Major Kenneth D. Bailey (1910-1942), a U.S. Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Builder
- Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
- Launched
- 17 June 1945
- Commissioned
- 31 July 1945
- Decommissioned
- 20 January 1970
- Struck
- 1 February 1974
- Fate
- Sold to Iran, 13 January 1975, to be broken up for spare parts (1975)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
- Length
- 118.87 m (390 ft)
- Beam
- 12.5 m (41 ft)
- Draught
- 5.49 m (18 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Kenneth D. Bailey was a Gearing-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DDG-713. She was named for Major Kenneth D. Bailey. She was built by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey. She entered service on 31 July 1945, having been launched on 17 June 1945.
She was one of 55 ships of her class. The class followed the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Norfolk class.
Displacement was 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 35 knots. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 36 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 January 1970. She was struck from the register on 1 February 1974.
She was broken up for scrap on 13 January 1975.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 5"/38 caliber guns
- 16 × 40 mm AA guns
- 20 × 20 mm AA guns
- 5 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Abner Read (DD-769)
- USS Benner (DD-807)
- USS Bordelon
- USS Charles P. Cecil
- USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)
- USS Chevalier (DD-805)
- USS Corry (DD-817)
- USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808)
- USS Duncan (DD-874)
- USS Dyess
- USS Eugene A. Greene
- USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
- USS Floyd B. Parks
- USS Frank Knox
- USS Fred T. Berry
- USS Furse
- USS Gearing
- USS George K. MacKenzie
- USS Goodrich
- USS Gurke
- USS Gyatt
- USS Hanson
- USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864)
- USS Hawkins
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Kenneth D. Bailey on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Burau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-712 Gyatt - 135930 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons