USS Richard P. Leary
Service
- as Richard P. Leary23 February 1944 — 10 December 1946557 days of the war
- as Yūgure1960 — 9 March 1974
- Name
- USS Richard P. Leary
- Pennant / hull number
- DD-664
- Namesake
- Richard Phillips Leary
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 4 July 1943
- Launched
- 6 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 23 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- 10 December 1946
- Struck
- 18 March 1974
- Fate
- Returned to US, 10 March 1974 (1974)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 11.89 m (39 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 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)
Joel Abbot was born on 18 January 1793 in Westford, Mass. He was appointed a midshipman on 18 June 1812 and served with distinction during the War of 1812.
In 1852, he was chosen by Commodore Matthew C. Perry to command the frigate Macedonian, one of the ships in Perry's expedition to Japan. During this journey, Abbot visited the Japanese, Bonin, and Philippine Islands, as well as Formosa. Upon Perry's return to the United States, Abbot assumed command of the squadron. Commodore Abbot died of malaria on 14 December 1855 at Hong Kong.
The first Abbot (Destroyer No. 184) was laid down on 5 April 1918 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched on 4 July 1918; sponsored by Miss Louise Abbot, great granddaughter of Commodore Abbot; and commissioned on 19 July 1919, Lt. Cmdr. William N. Richardson, Jr., in command.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5 in/38 guns
- 10 × 40 mm AA guns
- 7 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) 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 Richard P. Leary on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Abbot I (Destroyer No. 184) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-222379 from destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons