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U.S.S. GHERARDI

(DD-637)


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DD-637 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1941-Keel Date: 16 SEP 1941
at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
FEB1942-Launch Date: 12 FEB 1942
SEP1942-Commissioned: 15 SEP 1942
FEB1943-APR1943North Atlantic
JUN1943-AUG1943Mediterranean
AUG1943-FEB1944North Atlantic
APR1944-JUN1944D-Day Rehearsals and Landing
JUL1944-AUG1944Invasion of Southern France
APR1945-APR1945Battle of Okinawa
SEP1945-SEP1945Surrender Ceremonies - Tokyo Bay
JAN1952-JUN1952Mediterranean
SEP1952-OCT1952Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
DEC1955-Decommissioned: 17 DEC 1955

DD-637 General Specifications

Class: Gleaves-class destroyer

Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted

Displacement: 1630 tons

Length: 348 feet 3 inches

Beam: 36 feet 1 inches

Draft: 11 feet 10 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sunk as target off Puerto Rico 3 June 1973