USS Gearing (DD-710) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.

The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft (4.3 m) at amidships, which resulted in more fuel storage space and increased the operating range.

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USS Gearing (DD-710) was modernized and overhauled late 1961 through early 1962 at Boston. In October 1962 USS Gearing (DD-710) took part in the American "quarantine" patrol against Cuba as the...

The destroyer USS GEARING (DD-710) is one of the best known ships of the US. Navy—she was one of the first (the leader, as her Latin motto "DUX" implies) of what was to become known as the GEARING (or long hull) Class Destroyer, a svelte product of late World War II Naval architecture and technology designed for a longer cruising range and ...

Gearing (DD 710) was launched 18 February 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Foley, daughter of Comdr. Gearing; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 3 May 1945, Commander Thomas H. …

USS Gearing (DD-710) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.

U.S.S. GEARING (DD-710) HISTORY COMMISSIONED - 03 May 1945 DECOMMISSIONED - 02 July 1973 THE GEARING has the unusual distinction of being named in honor of, not one but three generations of Naval officers: father, son and grand-son, and is the first ship to bear this name. CLICK ON HISTORY YOU WISH TO VIEW

1997年7月7日 · DD-710 USS Gearing Gearing Class Destroyer: Displacement: 2425 tons Length: 390''6" Beam: 40'10" Draft: 18'6" Speed: 35 knots Armament: 6 5"/38, 2x5 21" torpedo tubes Complement: 355 High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 60,000 h.p. Built at Federal, Port Newark and commissioned 1945

USS Gearing (DD 710). The final US destroyer design of World War II —the last wartime refinement of the Fletcher concept—was the Gearing class. As with the Fletcher s, the Allen M. Sumner class was satisfactory in most respects, but not all.