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U.S.S. GEARING
(DD-710)DUX-LEADER
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DD-710 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-710 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-710 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUG | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 10 AUG 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Kearny NJ | ||
| FEB | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 18 FEB 1945 | ||
| MAY | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 3 MAY 1945 | ||
| JAN | 1961 | - | FEB | 1961 | Capture of pirated Portuguese passenger liner Santa Maria. |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| AUG | 1965 | - | DEC | 1965 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| NOV | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | Mediterranean |
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