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U.S.S. GATLING

(DD-671)


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DD-671 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1943-JAN1945Antarctic Circle
MAR1943-Keel Date: 3 MAR 1943
at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny N.J.
JUN1943-Launch Date: 20 JUN 1943
AUG1943-Commissioned: 19 AUG 1943
JUN1951-JUN1951Recommisioning
MAY1953-Shellback Initiation - 27 MAY 1953 - Atlantic Ocean
AUG1955-DEC1955Guantanamo Bay
OCT1955-Shellback Initiation - 12 OCT 1955 - Pacific Ocean
APR1956-JUN1956Dry Dock
JAN1959-JAN1959Mediterranean
MAY1960-Decommissioned: 2 MAY 1960

DD-671 General Specifications

Named for: Richard Jordan Gatling

Complement: 329 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2050 tons

Length: 376 feet 5 inches

Beam: 39 feet 7 inches

Draft: 17 feet 9 in

Range: 6 500 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 22 February 1977