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Gearing-class destroyer
USS Gearing (DD-710)
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: Flag of the United States United States Navy
Taiwan Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)
Flag of Greece Hellenic Navy
Flag of South Korea Republic of Korea Navy
Flag of Spain Spanish Navy
Flag of Turkey Turkish Navy
Naval Ensign of Pakistan Pakistan Navy
Argentina Argentine Navy
Brazil Brazilian Navy
Flag of Mexico Mexican Navy
Flag of Ecuador Ecuadorian Navy
Flag of Iran 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:

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.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

An upgraded version of DASH, QH-50D, remained in use by the US Army until May, 2006.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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

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