Gearing-class destroyer

Gearing-class destroyer
USS Gearing (DD-710)
Class overview
Name:	Gearing class destroyer
Builders:	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California Boston Navy Yard Charleston Navy Yard Consolidated Steel, Orange, Texas Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, N.J. Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Operators:	United States Navy Republic of China Navy (Taiwan) Hellenic Navy Republic of Korea Navy Spanish Navy Turkish Navy Pakistan Navy Argentine Navy Brazilian Navy Mexican Navy Ecuadorian Navy Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Preceded by:	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Mitscher-class destroyer
Planned:	156
Completed:	99
Cancelled:	57
Active:	1
Laid up:	2
Retired:	98
Preserved:	7
General characteristics as originally built
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	2,616 tons standard; 3,460 tons full load
Length:	390.5 ft (119.0 m)
Beam:	40.9 ft (12.5 m)
Draft:	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion:	2 shaft; General Electric steam turbines; 4 boilers; 60,000 shp
Speed:	36.8 knots (68.2 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi at 20 knots (8,300 km at 37 km/h)
Complement:	350 as designed
Armament:	As built: 6 × 5 in /38 cal guns (127 mm) (3×2) 12 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (2×4 & 2×2) 11 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons 2 × depth charge racks 6 x K-gun depth charge throwers 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes Typical by 1950: 6 × 5 in/38 cal guns (127 mm) (in 3×2 Mk 38 DP mounts) 6 × 3 in/50 cal guns (76 mm) (2 x 2, 2 x 1) 2 x Hedgehog ASW weapons 1 × depth charge rack 6 x K-gun depth charge throwers Typical after FRAM I (1960-65) 4 × 5 in/38 cal guns (127 mm) (in 2×2 Mk 38 DP mounts) 1 x ASROC 8-cell launcher 2 x triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes for Mark 44 torpedoes 1 x Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH) Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)

The Gearing class is a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class. The hull was lengthened 14 ft (4.3 m) amidships, creating more storage space for fuel, thus giving the ships a larger range than the Sumners.

The first Gearings were not ready for service until mid-1945, so they saw relatively little wartime service. They continued serving, with a series of upgrades, until the 1970s. At that time many were sold to other nations, where they served many more years.

Ten Gearing-class ships still exist. ARM Netzahualcóyotl (D-102), formerly USS Steinaker (DD-863), is active in the Mexican navy. As of April 2012 two were laid up in non-operational condition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan: ROCS Chien Yang (DDG-912), formerly USS James E. Kyes (DD-787) and ROCS Sheng Yang (DDG-923), formerly USS Power (DD-839). The other seven are museum ships: ROKN Kang Won (DD-922), formerly USS William R. Rush (DD-714), near Busan, South Korea; TCG Gayret (D-352), formerly USS Eversole (DD-789), in Izmit, Turkey; ROKN Jeong Buk (DD-916), formerly USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830), near Gangneung, South Korea; ROCS Te Yang (DDG-925), formerly USS Sarsfield (DD-837), in Tainan, Taiwan; USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) in Fall River, MA; ROKN Jeong Ju (DD-925), formerly USS Rogers (DD-876), near Cheonan, South Korea and USS Orleck (DD-886) in Lake Charles, LA.

Procurement and construction

31 vessels were authorised on 9 July 1942:

• DD-710 to DD-721 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny.
• DD-742 to DD-743 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
• DD-763 to DD-769 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco.
• DD-782 to DD-791 awarded to Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle.

4 vessels were authorised on 13 May 1942:

• DD-805 to DD-808 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

3 vessels were authorised on 27 March 1943 under the Vincent-Trammell Act:

• DD-809 to DD-811 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. (later cancelled)

118 vessels were authorised on 19 July 1943 under the 70% Expansion Act:

• DD-812 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. (later cancelled)
• DD-813 to DD-814 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. (later cancelled)
• DD-815 to DD-825 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. (815 and 816 later cancelled)
• DD-826 to DD-850 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
• DD-851 to DD-853 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy.
• DD-854 to DD-856 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. (later cancelled)
• DD-858 to DD-861 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro.
• DD-862 to DD-872 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island.
• DD-873 to DD-890 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange.
• DD-891 to DD-893 awarded to Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. (later cancelled)
• DD-894 to DD-895 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. (later cancelled)
• DD-896 to DD-904 awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. (later cancelled)
• DD-905 to DD-908 awarded to Boston Navy Yard. (later cancelled)
• DD-909 to DD-916 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. (later cancelled)
• DD-917 to DD-924 awarded to Consolidated Steel, Orange. (later cancelled)
• DD-925 to DD-926 awarded to Charleston Navy Yard. (later cancelled)

(Of the missing numbers in this sequence - 722 to 741, 744 to 762, 770 to 781, and 857 were allocated to orders for Allen M. Sumner class destroyers; 792 to 804 were awarded to orders for Fletcher class destroyers.)

Cancelled vessels

In March 1945, the orders for 36 of the above vessels were cancelled, and 11 more orders were cancelled in August 1945. Following the close of World War II, 6 further vessels were cancelled in 1946, while another 4 (DD-927 to DD-930) were completed as destroyer leaders DL-2 to DL-5:

• the Castle (DD-720) and Woodrow R. Thomson (DD-721), the last pair of the twelve vessels launched by Federal Shipbuilding at Kearny, were cancelled on 11 February 1946. They were sold on 29 August 1955 and scrapped.
• the Lansdale (DD-766) and Seymour D. Owen (DD-767), both launched by Bethlehem at San Francisco, were cancelled on 7 January 1946. Their bows were used for repair to other destroyers, and their remains were scrapped in 1958-59.
• the Hoel (DD-768) and Abner Read (ii) (DD-769), both building by Bethlehem at San Francisco, were cancelled on 12 September 1946 prior to launch and broken up on the slip.
• Four unnamed vessels (DD-809 to DD-812) awarded to Bath Iron Works, five others (DD-813, DD-814, and DD-854 to DD-856) awarded to Bethlehem at Staten Island, and two more (DD-815 and DD-816) awarded to Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, were all cancelled on 12 August 1945. DD-815 would have been named Charles H. Roan (the name was re-allocated to DD-853).
• Three more unnamed vessels (DD-891 to DD-893) awarded to Federal Shipbuilding at Kearney, were cancelled 8 March 1945.
• Ten more unnamed vessels (DD-894, DD-895, and DD-917 to DD-924) awarded to Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, and four more (DD-905 to DD-908) awarded to Boston Navy Yard, and another two (DD-925 and DD-926) awarded to Charleston Navy Yard, were all cancelled on 27 March 1945.
• Nine more unnamed vessels (DD-896 to DD-904) awarded to Bath Iron Works, and another eight (DD-909 to DD-916) awarded to Bethlehem at Staten Island, were all cancelled on 28 March 1945.

Description

The first ship was laid down in August 1944, while the last was launched in March 1946. In that time the United States produced 98 Gearing-class destroyers. The Gearing class was a seemingly minor improvement of the previous Sumner class, which were built from 1943 until 1945. The main difference was that the Gearings were 14 feet (4.3 m) longer in the midship section, allowing for increased fuel tankage for greater range, an important consideration in Pacific War operations. More importantly in the long run, the Gearings' increased size made them much more suitable for upgrades than the Sumners, as seen in the wartime radar picket subclass, the 1950s radar picket destroyer (DDR) and escort destroyer (DDE) conversions, and the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) conversions 1960-65. As designed, the Gearings' armament was identical to the Sumners'. Three twin 5"/38cal Mark 38 dual purpose (DP) mounts constituted the main battery. The 5-inch guns were guided by a Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System with a Mark 25 fire control radar linked by a Mark 1A Fire Control Computer stabilized by a Mark 6 8,500 rpm gyro. This fire control system provided effective long-range anti-aircraft (AA) or anti-surface fire. Twelve 40 mm guns and 11 20 mm guns were also retained. The initial design retained the Sumners' heavy torpedo armament of 10 21" (533mm) tubes in two quintuple mounts, firing the Mark 15 torpedo. As the threat from kamikaze aircraft mounted in 1945, and with few remaining Japanese warships to use torpedoes on, most of the class had the after quintuple 21" torpedo tube mount replaced by an additional 40 mm quadruple mount (prior to completion on later ships) for 16 total 40mm guns. 26 ships (DD-742-745, 805-808, 829-835, and 873-883) were ordered without torpedo tubes to allow for radar picket equipment; these were redesignated as DDRs in 1948.

1946-59 upgrades

Following World War II most of the class had their AA and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) armament upgraded. The 40 mm and 20 mm guns were replaced by 2-6 3"/50 caliber guns (up to 2 x 2, 2 x 1). One depth charge rack was removed and two Hedgehog mounts added. The K-guns were retained. Nine additional (for a total of 35) ships were converted to radar picket destroyers (DDR) in the early 1950s; these typically received only one 3"/50cal twin mount to save weight for radar equipment, as did the wartime radar pickets. Nine ships were converted to escort destroyers (DDE), emphasizing ASW. USS Carpenter (DD-825) was the most thorough DDE conversion, with 4 3"/70cal guns in twin enclosed mounts, two Weapon Alpha launchers, four new 21" torpedo tubes for the Mark 37 ASW torpedo, and one depth charge rack.

FRAM I upgrade

In the late 1950s forty-four of the Gearing-class destroyers underwent extensive modernization overhauls, known as FRAM I, which were designed to convert them from an AA destroyer to an anti-submarine warfare platform. FRAM removed all of the DDR and DDE equipment, and these ships were redesignated as DDs. FRAM I and FRAM II conversions were completed 1960-65.

The FRAM MK I program was designed primarily for the Gearing-class destroyers. This upgrade included rebuilding the ship's superstructure, engines, electronic systems, radar, sonar, and weapons. The second twin 5" gun mount and all previous AA guns and ASW equipment were removed. Upgraded systems included SQS-23 sonar, SPS-10 surface search radar, 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes, 8-cell Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) box launcher, and one QH-50C DASH ASW drone helicopter, with its own landing pad and hangar. Both the Mk 32 torpedo tubes and ASROC launched Mk 44 homing ASW torpedoes. ASROC could also launch a nuclear depth charge. On 11 May 1962, USS Agerholm (DD-826) tested a live nuclear ASROC in the "Swordfish" test.

In Navy slang, the modified destroyers were called "FRAM cans", "can" being a contraction of "tin can", the slang term for a destroyer or destroyer escort.

The Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH was an unmanned anti-submarine helicopter, controlled remotely from the ship. The drone could carry 2 × Mk.44 homing ASW torpedoes. During this era the ASROC system had an effective range of only 5 nautical miles (9 km), but the DASH drone allowed the ship to deploy ASW attack to sonar contacts as far as 22 nautical miles (41 km) away.

An upgraded version of DASH, QH-50D, remained in use by the US Army until May, 2006.

FRAM II upgrade

The FRAM MK II program was designed primarily for the Sumner class destroyers, but was used to upgrade the Gearing class as well. This upgrade program included life-extension refurbishment, a new radar system, ASROC, Mk. 32 torpedo tubes, DASH ASW drone, and most importantly, a new variable depth sonar (VDS).

Service and Disposition

Many of the Gearings provided significant gunfire support in the Vietnam War. They also served as escorts for Carrier Battle Groups (Carrier Strike Groups from 2004) and Amphibious Ready Groups (Expeditionary Strike Groups from 2006). DASH was withdrawn from ASW service in 1969 due to poor reliability. With ASROC continuing to provide a standoff ASW capability, the Gearings were retained in service for several years, with most being decommissioned and transferred to foreign navies 1973-80. They were replaced as ASW ships by the Spruance-class destroyers, which were commissioned 1975-83. These had the same ASW armament as a Gearing FRAM destroyer, with the addition of improved sonar and a piloted helicopter, initially the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite and from 1984 the Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk. Some Gearings served in the Naval Reserve Force (NRF) from 1973, remaining in commission with a partial active crew to provide training for Naval reservists. The last World War II surface combatant in US naval service was the USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), a Gearing FRAM I, decommissioned and stricken 1 October 1983 and expended as a target 14 July 1999.

Yang class

After the Gearing-class ships were retired from USN service, many were sold abroad, including over a dozen to the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) in Taiwan. These ships, along with Fletcher-class and Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers also acquired then, were upgraded under the Wu Chin (Chinese: 武進) I, II, and III programs and known throughout the ROCN as the Yang-class (Chinese: 陽字號) destroyers as they were assigned names that all end with the word "Yang". The last batch of 7 WC-III program vessels, all of them Gearing class, were retired in early 2000s.

Under the most advanced Wu Chin III upgrade program, all World War Two vintage weapons were removed and replaced with 4 × Hsiung Feng II SSM, 10 × SM-1disambiguation needed (box launchers), 1 × 8-cell ASROC, 1 × 76 mm gun, 2 × 40 mm/70 AA, 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS and 2 × triple 12.75" torpedo tubes. The DASH ASW drones were not acquired, but hangar facilities aboard those ships that had them were later used to accommodate ASW versions of Hughes MD500 helicopters.

After the Yang-class destroyers were decommissioned, the SM-1 launch boxes were moved to Chi Yang-class frigates to improve their anti-air capability.

Ships in class

Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Commission– Decommission
Gearing	DD-710	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	3 May 1945 - 2 July 1973
Eugene A. Greene	DD-711	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	8 June 1945 - 31 August 1972
Gyatt	DD-712	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	2 July 1945 - 22 October 1969
Kenneth D. Bailey	DD-713	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	31 July 1945 - 20 January 1970
William R. Rush	DD-714	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey	21 September 1945 - 1 July 1978
William M. Wood	DD-715	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey	24 November 1945 - 1 December 1976
Wiltsie	DD-716	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey	12 January 1946 - 23 January 1976
Theodore E. Chandler	DD-717	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	22 March 1946 - 1 April 1975
Hamner	DD-718	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey	12 July 1946 - 1 October 1979
Epperson	DD-719	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey	19 March 1949 - 1 December 1975
Frank Knox	DD-742	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	11 December 1944 - 30 January 1971
Southerland	DD-743	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	22 December 1944 - 26 February 1981
William C. Lawe	DD-763	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	18 December 1946 - 1 October 1983
Lloyd Thomas	DD764	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	21 March 1947 - 12 October 1972
Keppler	DD-765	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	23 May 1947 - 1 July 1972
Rowan	DD-782	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	31 March 1945 - 18 December 1975
Gurke	DD-783	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington	12 May 1945 - 30 January 1976
McKean	DD-784	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	9 June 1945 - 1 October 1981
Henderson	DD-785	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	4 August 1945 - 30 September 1980
Richard B. Anderson	DD-786	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	26 October 1945 - 20 December 1975
James E. Kyes	DD-787	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	8 February 1946 - 31 March 1973
Hollister	DD-788	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	29 March 1946 - 31 August 1979
Eversole	DD-789	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	10 May 1946 - 11 July 1973
Shelton	DD-790	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	21 June 1946 - 31 March 1973
Chevalier	DD-805	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	9 January 1945 - 5 July 1972
Higbee	DD-806	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	27 January 1945 - 15 July 1979
Benner	DD-807	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	13 February 1945 - 20 November 1970
Dennis J. Buckley	DD-808	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	2 March 1945 - 2 July 1973
Corry	DD-817	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	27 February 1946 - 27 February 1981
New	DD-818	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	5 April 1946 - 1 July 1976
Holder	DD-819	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	18 May 1946 - 1 October 1976
Rich	DD-820	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	3 July 1946 - 10 November 1977
Johnston	DD-821	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	23 August 1946 - 27 February 1981
Robert H. McCard	DD-822	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	23 October 1946 - 5 June 1980
Samuel B. Roberts	DD-823	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	22 December 1946 - 2 November 1970
Basilone	DD-824	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	26 July 1949 - 1 November 1977
Carpenter	DD-825	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	15 December 1949 - 20 February 1981
Agerholm	DD-826	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	20 June 1946 - 1 December 1978
Robert A. Owens	DD-827	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	5 November 1949 - 16 February 1982
Timmerman	DD-828	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	26 September 1952 - 27 July 1956
Myles C. Fox	DD-829	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	20 March 1945 - 1 October 1979
Everett F. Larson	DD-830	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	6 April 1945 - 30 October 1972
Goodrich	DD-831	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	24 April 1945 - 30 November 1969
Hanson	DD-832	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	11 May 1945 - 31 March 1973
Herbert J. Thomas	DD-833	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	29 May 1945 - 4 December 1970
Turner	DD-834	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	12 June 1945 - 26 September 1969
Charles P. Cecil	DD-835	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	29 June 1945 - 1 October 1979
George K. MacKenzie	DD-836	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	13 July 1945 - 30 September 1976
Sarsfield	DD-837	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	31 July 1945 - 1 October 1977
Ernest G. Small	DD-838	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	21 August 1945 - 13 November 1970
Power	DD-839	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	13 September 1945 - 1 October 1977
Glennon	DD-840	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	4 October 1945 - 1 October 1976
Noa	DD-841	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	2 November 1945 - 31 October 1973
Fiske	DD-842	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	28 November 1945 - 5 June 1980
Warrington	DD-843	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	20 December 1945 - 30 September 1972
Perry	DD-844	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	17 January 1946 - 1 July 1973
Bausell	DD-845	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	7 February 1946 - 30 May 1978
Ozbourn	DD-846	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	5 March 1946 - 30 May 1975
Robert L. Wilson	DD-847	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	28 March 1946 - 30 September 1974
Witek	DD-848	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	23 April 1946 - 19 August 1968
Richard E. Kraus	DD-849	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	23 May 1946 - 1 July 1976
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.	DD-850	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts	15 December 1945 - 2 July 1973
Rupertus	DD-851	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts	8 March 1946 - 10 July 1973
Leonard F. Mason	DD-852	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts	28 June 1946 - 2 November 1976
Charles H. Roan	DD-853	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation,Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts	12 September 1946 - 21 September 1973
Fred T. Berry	DD-858	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California	12 May 1945 - 15 September 1970
Norris	DD-859	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California	9 June 1945 - 4 December 1970
McCaffery	DD-860	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California	26 July 1945 - 30 September 1973
Harwood	DD-861	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California	28 September 1945 - 1 February 1971
Vogelgesang	DD-862	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	28 April 1945 - 24 February 1982
Steinaker	DD-863	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	26 May 1945 - 24 February 1982
Harold J. Ellison	DD-864	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	23 June 1945 - 1 October 1983
Charles R. Ware	DD-865	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	21 July 1945 - 30 November 1974
Cone	DD-866	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	18 August 1945 - 1 October 1982
Stribling	DD-867	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	29 September 1945 - 1 July 1976
Brownson	DD-868	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	17 November 1945 - 30 September 1976
Arnold J. Isbell	DD-869	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	5 January 1946 - 4 December 1973
Fechteler	DD-870	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	2 March 1946 - 11 September 1970
Damato	DD-871	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	27 April 1946 - 30 September 1980
Forrest Royal	DD-872	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	29 June 1946 - 27 March 1971
Hawkins	DD-873	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	10 February 1945 - 1 October 1979
Duncan	DD-874	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	25 February 1945 - 15 January 1971
Henry W. Tucker	DD-875	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	12 March 1945 - 3 December 1973
Rogers	DD-876	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	26 March 1945 - 1 October 1980
Perkins	DD-877	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	4 April 1945 - 15 January 1973
Vesole	DD-878	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	23 April 1945 - 1 December 1976
Leary	DD-879	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	7 May 1945 - 31 October 1973
Dyess	DD-880	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	21 May 1945 - 27 January 1981
Bordelon	DD-881	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	5 June 1945 - 1 February 1977
Furse	DD-882	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	10 July 1945 - 31 August 1972
Newman K. Perry	DD-863	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	26 July 1945 - 27 February 1981
Floyd B. Parks	DD-884	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	31 July 1945 - 2 July 1973
John R. Craig	DD-885	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	20 August 1945 - 27 July 1979
Orleck	DD-886	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	15 September 1945 - 1 October 1982
Brinkley Bass	DD-887	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	1 October 1945 - 3 December 1973
Stickell	DD-888	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	31 October 1945 - 1 July 1972
O'Hare	DD-889	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	29 November 1945 - 31 October 1973
Meredith	DD-890	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	31 December 1945 - 29 June 1979

External links

• Gearing-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation
• http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/gearing_class.htm