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U.S.S. GEARING

(DD-710)

DUX-LEADER
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DD-710 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1944-Keel Date: 10 AUG 1944
at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Kearny NJ
FEB1945-Launch Date: 18 FEB 1945
MAY1945-Commissioned: 3 MAY 1945
JAN1961-FEB1961Capture of pirated Portuguese passenger liner Santa Maria.
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
AUG1965-DEC1965Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
NOV1966-MAR1967Mediterranean
MAR1968-OCT1968Mediterranean

DD-710 General Specifications

Named for: Gearing family

Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2616 tons

Length: 390.6 feet

Beam: 40.10 feet

Draft: 14.4 feet

Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap on 6 November 1974