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.

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. [2]

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...

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. …

基林级驱逐舰（英文：Gearing-class destroyer）是20世纪40年代美国艾伦·萨姆纳级驱逐舰的改进型，但尺寸略大。 该级从1945年到1949年共有105艘建成，其中42艘赶在第二次世界大战结束前完工，但想在太平洋战场上一显身手已为时过晚。

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 ...

2016年4月27日 · Gearing (DD-710) was named for three generations of naval men. Henry Chalfant Gearing, born 9 June 1855 at Pittsburgh, Pa., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1876. Gearing served on various...

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.

Design, armament, electronics and engineering: USS Gearing DD-710 In mid 1943, Admiral Ernest J. King and BuShips recognized the need to improve the speed, long range endurance and reduce overloading of the new Sumner Class (DD-692) destroyers. After urgent design work, it was found that if the Sumners were lengthened by 14 feet, 160 tons of fuel

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.