USS Lansdowne

USS Lansdowne was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Zachary Lansdowne. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company laid her keel on 31 July 1941. Launched on 20 February 1942, she entered service on 29 April 1942.

Her class ran to 66 ships. The class followed the Benson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Fletcher-class destroyer.

Displacement was 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 served with the United States Navy as Lansdowne until 15 August 1949. She then passed to the Turkish Navy, serving as Gaziantep from 10 June 1949. She was in commission for 1,223 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 15 August 1949.

She was broken up for scrap in 1973.

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