USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1/DDG-712) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy operated between 1945 and 1968. The ship was named for Edward Gyatt, a United States Marine Corps private and Marine Raider killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal.She was laid down in 1944, commissioned in 1945, and missed combat during the Second World War.In 1955, she was converted into the world's ...

Laid down at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.’s Port Newark, New Jersey facility 7 September 1944, the third Gearing-class destroyer built there, she was christened 15 April 1945—named for Private Edward Earl Gyatt, USMC, killed in a Japanese counterattack following the landing at Tulagi, British Solomon Islands, 8 August 1942—and commissioned as DD 712 on 3 …

2016年4月27日 · Gyatt (DD-712) was launched 15 April 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearney, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Hilda Morrell, mother of Private Gyatt; and commissioned 2 July 1945 at the New York Navy Yard, Comdr. A. D. Kaplan in command. After shakedown in the Caribbean, Gyatt reported to Norfolk for a variety of duties along the East ...

USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1), was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for U.S. Marine Corps Private Edward E. Gyatt. Private Gyatt was a member of the Marine Raiders in the Battle of Guadalcanal. As part of the advance force, he …

USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Edward Earl Gyatt, a United States Marine Corps private and Marine Raider killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal.. Namesake []. Edward Earl Gyatt was born on 4 September 1921 in Syracuse, New York. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 28 January 1942. Private Gyatt was serving with the 1st ...

2024年10月23日 · USS Gyatt (DDG-1) underway at sea, circa the late 1950s or early 1960s. (Naval History/US Navy) It was converted into the world’s first guided missile destroyer, earning the new designation of ...

2025年2月4日 · The USS Gyatt (DD-712) holds a special place in U.S. naval history as the first-ever guided missile destroyer, marking a pivotal shift in naval warfare.Launched in 1945, this vessel was initially commissioned as a Gearing-class destroyer and served in the latter stages of World War II.However, its true significance emerged during the Cold War when it became a testbed for the Navy’s early ...

History and photos of the U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Gyatt, 1949 - 1969. 2014 Reunion Summary and 2015 Association letter now available in News & Info! 2015 marks the 113th anniversary of the destroyer in the United States Navy. The first U.S. destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DD1) was commissioned on November 24, 1902. The Bainbridge was 250 feet in ...

The Gyatt, a Gearing (DD 710) class destroyer, weighed 2425 tons (3300 tons fully loaded), had a length of 390 feet six inches, a beam of 40 feet ten inches and a maximum draft of 19 feet. This class destroyer was the USS Sumner (DD 692) class extended by fourteen feet to allow for additional fuel storage and consequently greater range.

The Gyatt was named after Marine private Edward Earl Gyatt, born in Syracuse, New York the 4th day of September, 1921 and who enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on the 26th day of January 1942. Private Gyatt was awarded posthumously, in 1942, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Silver Star for service as set forth in the ...