Gearing-class destroyer
Ships in class

Gearing-class destroyer

Section Title: Ships in class
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Ship name	Hull no.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	FRAM I	FRAM II	Decommissioned	Fate

Gearing	DD-710	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey	10 August 1944	18 February 1945	3 May 1945	B	2 July 1973	Sold for scrap, 6 November 1974

Eugene A. Greene	DD-711	17 August 1944	18 March 1945	8 June 1945	B	31 August 1972	Transferred to Spain, 31 August 1972

Gyatt	DD-712	7 September 1944	15 April 1945	2 July 1945	22 October 1969	Sunk as a target, 11 June 1970

Kenneth D. Bailey	DD-713 DDR-713	21 September 1944	17 June 1945	31 July 1945	*	20 January 1970	Sold to Iran, 13 January 1975, to be broken up for spare parts

William R. Rush	DD-714	19 October 1944	8 July 1945	21 September 1945	B	1 July 1978	Transferred to South Korea in 1978; retired in 2000; became museum ship; scrapped December 2016

William M. Wood	DD-715	2 November 1944	29 July 1945	24 November 1945	B	1 December 1976	Sunk as target off Puerto Rico during ReadEx 1-83 in March 1983

Wiltsie	DD-716	13 March 1945	31 August 1945	12 January 1946	B	23 January 1976	Sold to Pakistan, 29 April 1977

Theodore E. Chandler	DD-717	23 April 1945	20 October 1945	22 March 1946	B	1 April 1975	Sold for scrap, 30 December 1975

Hamner	DD-718	25 April 1945	24 November 1945	12 July 1946	B	1 October 1979	Sold to Taiwan, 17 December 1980

Epperson	DD-719 DDE-719	20 June 1945	22 December 1945	19 March 1949	B	1 December 1975	Transferred to Pakistan, 29 April 1977

Frank Knox	DD-742 DDR-742	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	8 May 1944	17 September 1944	11 December 1944	*	30 January 1971	Transferred to Greece, 3 February 1971

Southerland	DD-743	27 May 1944	5 October 1944	22 December 1944	B	26 February 1981	Sunk as a target, 2 August 1997

William C. Lawe	DD-763	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California	12 March 1944	21 May 1945	18 December 1946	B	1 October 1983	Sunk as a target, 14 July 1999

Lloyd Thomas	DD-764 DDE-764	26 March 1944	5 October 1945	21 March 1947	*	12 October 1972	Sold to the Republic of China, 12 October 1972

Keppler	DD-765 DDE-765	23 April 1944	24 June 1946	23 May 1947	*	1 July 1972	Sold to Turkey

Rowan	DD-782	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington	25 March 1944	29 December 1944	31 March 1945	B	18 December 1975	Ran aground and wrecked while under tow, 22 August 1977

Gurke	DD-783	1 July 1944	15 February 1945	12 May 1945	B	30 January 1976	Transferred to Greece, 17 March 1977

McKean	DD-784	15 September 1944	31 March 1945	9 June 1945	B	1 October 1981	Transferred to Turkey, 2 November 1982

Henderson	DD-785	27 October 1944	28 May 1945	4 August 1945	B	30 September 1980	Sold to Pakistan, 1 October 1980

Richard B. Anderson	DD-786	1 December 1944	7 July 1945	26 October 1945	A	20 December 1975	Transferred to Republic of China, 1 June 1977

James E. Kyes	DD-787	27 December 1944	4 August 1945	8 February 1946	B	31 March 1973	Transferred to Taiwan, 18 April 1973

Hollister	DD-788	18 January 1945	9 October 1945	29 March 1946	B	31 August 1979	Transferred to Taiwan, 3 March 1983

Eversole	DD-789	28 February 1945	8 January 1946	10 May 1946	B	11 July 1973	Transferred to Turkey, 11 July 1973

Shelton	DD-790	31 May 1945	8 March 1946	21 June 1946	A	31 March 1973	Sold to Taiwan, 18 April 1973

Chevalier	DD-805 DDR-805	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	12 June 1944	29 October 1944	9 January 1945	*	5 July 1972	Transferred to South Korea, 5 July 1972

Higbee	DD-806	26 June 1944	13 November 1944	27 January 1945	B	15 July 1979	Sunk as a target, 24 April 1986

Benner	DD-807 DDR-807	10 July 1944	30 November 1944	13 February 1945	*	20 November 1970	Sold for scrap, 18 April 1975

Dennis J. Buckley	DD-808	24 July 1944	20 December 1944	2 March 1945	B	2 July 1973	Sold for scrap, 29 April 1974

Corry	DD-817	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	5 April 1945	28 July 1945	27 February 1946	B	27 February 1981	Transferred to Greece, 8 July 1981

New	DD-818	14 April 1945	18 August 1945	5 April 1946	B	1 July 1976	Transferred to South Korea, 23 February 1977

Holder	DD-819	23 April 1945	25 August 1945	18 May 1946	B	1 October 1976	Transferred to Ecuador, 23 February 1977

Rich	DD-820	16 May 1945	5 October 1945	3 July 1946	B	10 November 1977	Sold for scrap, 5 December 1979

Johnston	DD-821	26 March 1945	10 October 1945	23 August 1946	B	27 February 1981	Transferred to Republic of China, 27 February 1981

Robert H. McCard	DD-822	20 June 1945	9 November 1945	23 October 1946	B	5 June 1980	Transferred to Turkey, 5 June 1980

Samuel B. Roberts	DD-823	27 June 1945	30 November 1945	22 December 1946	B	2 November 1970	Sunk as a target, 14 November 1971

Basilone	DD-824 DDE-824	7 July 1945	21 December 1945	26 July 1949	B	1 November 1977	Sunk in exercise, 9 April 1982

Carpenter	DD-825 DDK-825 DDE-825	30 July 1945	28 September 1945	15 December 1949	B	20 February 1981	Leased to Turkey, 20 February 1981

Agerholm	DD-826	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	10 September 1945	30 March 1946	20 June 1946	A	1 December 1978	Sunk as a target, 18 July 1982

Robert A. Owens	DD-827 DDK-827 DDE-827	29 October 1945	15 July 1946	5 November 1949	B	16 February 1982	Transferred to Turkey, 16 February 1982

Timmerman	DD-828	1 October 1945	19 May 1951	26 September 1952	27 July 1956	Sold for scrap, 21 April 1959

Myles C. Fox	DD-829	14 August 1944	13 January 1945	20 March 1945	B	1 October 1979	Transferred to Greece for spare parts, 2 August 1980

Everett F. Larson	DD-830 DDR-830	4 September 1944	28 January 1945	6 April 1945	*	30 October 1972	Transferred to South Korea, 30 October 1972

Goodrich	DD-831 DDR-831	18 September 1944	25 February 1945	24 April 1945	*	30 November 1969	Sold for scrap, 12 September 1977

Hanson	DD-832	7 October 1944	11 March 1945	11 May 1945	B	31 March 1973	Transferred to Republic of China, 18 April 1973

Herbert J. Thomas	DD-833	30 October 1944	25 March 1945	29 May 1945	B	4 December 1970	Transferred to Republic of China, 1 June 1974

Turner	DD-834 DDR-834	13 November 1944	8 April 1945	12 June 1945	*	26 September 1969	Sold for scrap, 13 October 1970

Charles P. Cecil	DD-835	2 December 1944	2 April 1945	29 June 1945	B	1 October 1979	Sold to Greece, 8 August 1980

George K. MacKenzie	DD-836	21 December 1944	13 May 1945	13 July 1945	B	30 September 1976	Sunk as a target, 15 October 1976

Sarsfield	DD-837	15 January 1945	27 May 1945	31 July 1945	B	1 October 1977	Transferred to Republic of China, 1 October 1977 and become museum at An-Pin harbor TAI-NAN, TAIWAN.

Ernest G. Small	DD-838 DDR-838	30 January 1945	14 June 1945	21 August 1945	*	13 November 1970	Transferred to Republic of China, 13 April 1971

Power	DD-839	26 February 1945	30 June 1945	13 September 1945	B	1 October 1977	Sold to Republic of China, 1 October 1977

Glennon	DD-840	12 March 1945	14 July 1945	4 October 1945	B	1 October 1976	Sunk as a target, 26 February 1981

Noa	DD-841	26 March 1945	30 July 1945	2 November 1945	A	31 October 1973	Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973; Sold, 17 May 1978

Fiske	DD-842	9 April 1945	8 September 1945	28 November 1945	B	5 June 1980	Transferred to Turkey, 5 June 1980

Warrington	DD-843	23 April 1945	27 September 1945	20 December 1945	B	30 September 1972	Transferred to Taiwan, 24 April 1973, for spare parts

Perry	DD-844	14 May 1945	25 October 1945	17 January 1946	A	1 July 1973	Sold for scrap, 24 June 1974

Bausell	DD-845	28 May 1945	19 November 1945	7 February 1946	A	30 May 1978	Sunk as a target, 17 July 1987

Ozbourn	DD-846	16 June 1945	22 December 1945	5 March 1946	B	30 May 1975	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1975

Robert L. Wilson	DD-847	2 July 1945	5 January 1946	28 March 1946	B	30 September 1974	Sunk as a target, 1 March 1980

Witek	DD-848	16 July 1945	2 February 1946	23 April 1946	19 August 1968	Sunk as a target, 4 July 1969

Richard E. Kraus	DD-849	31 July 1945	2 March 1946	23 May 1946	B	1 July 1976	Transferred to South Korea, 23 February 1977

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.	DD-850	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts	2 April 1945	26 July 1945	15 December 1945	B	2 July 1973	Museum ship at Battleship Cove

Rupertus	DD-851	2 May 1945	21 September 1945	8 March 1946	B	10 July 1973	Loaned to Greece, 10 July 1973

Leonard F. Mason	DD-852	2 May 1945	4 January 1946	28 June 1946	B	2 November 1976	Sold to Republic of China, 10 March 1978

Charles H. Roan	DD-853	2 April 1945	15 March 1946	12 September 1946	B	21 September 1973	Transferred to Turkey, 21 September 1973

Fred T. Berry	DD-858 DDE-858	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California	16 July 1944	28 January 1945	12 May 1945	*	15 September 1970	Scuttled as an artificial reef, 14 May 1972

Norris	DD-859 DDE-859	29 August 1944	25 February 1945	9 June 1945	*	4 December 1970	Transferred to Turkey, 1 July 1974

McCaffery	DD-860 DDE-860	1 October 1944	12 April 1945	26 July 1945	*	30 September 1973	Sold for scrap, 11 June 1974

Harwood	DD-861 DDE-861	29 October 1944	22 May 1945	28 September 1945	*	1 February 1971	Sold to Turkey, 17 December 1973

Vogelgesang	DD-862	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York	3 August 1944	15 January 1945	28 April 1945	B	24 February 1982	Sold to Mexico, 24 February 1982

Steinaker	DD-863	1 September 1944	13 February 1945	26 May 1945	B	24 February 1982	Sold to Mexico, 24 February 1982

Harold J. Ellison	DD-864	3 October 1944	14 March 1945	23 June 1945	B	1 October 1983	Transferred to Pakistan, 1 October 1983

Charles R. Ware	DD-865	1 November 1944	12 April 1945	21 July 1945	B	30 November 1974	Sunk as target 15 November 1981

Cone	DD-866	30 November 1944	10 May 1945	18 August 1945	B	1 October 1982	Transferred to Pakistan, 1 October 1982

Stribling	DD-867	15 January 1945	8 June 1945	29 September 1945	A	1 July 1976	Sunk as target, 27 July 1980

Brownson	DD-868	13 February 1945	7 July 1945	17 November 1945	A	30 September 1976	Sold for scrap, 10 June 1977

Arnold J. Isbell	DD-869	14 March 1945	6 August 1945	5 January 1946	B	4 December 1973	Sold to Greece, 4 December 1973

Fechteler	DD-870	12 April 1945	19 September 1945	2 March 1946	B	11 September 1970	Sold for scrap, 28 June 1972

Damato	DD-871	10 May 1945	21 November 1945	27 April 1946	B	30 September 1980	Transferred to Pakistan, 1 October 1980

Forrest Royal	DD-872	8 June 1945	17 January 1946	29 June 1946	B	27 March 1971	Sold to Turkey, 27 March 1971

Hawkins	DD-873	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas	14 May 1944	7 October 1944	10 February 1945	B	1 October 1979	Sold to Taiwan, 17 March 1983

Duncan	DD-874 DDR-874	22 May 1944	27 October 1944	25 February 1945	*	15 January 1971	Sunk as target, 31 July 1980

Henry W. Tucker	DD-875	29 May 1944	8 November 1944	12 March 1945	B	3 December 1973	Transferred to Brazil, 3 December 1973

Rogers	DD-876	3 June 1944	20 November 1944	26 March 1945	B	1 October 1980	Transferred to South Korea, 25 July 1981

Perkins	DD-877 DDR-877	19 June 1944	7 December 1944	4 April 1945	*	15 January 1973	Transferred to Argentina, 15 January 1973

Vesole	DD-878	3 July 1944	29 December 1944	23 April 1945	B	1 December 1976	Sunk as target, 14 April 1983

Leary	DD-879	11 August 1944	20 January 1945	7 May 1945	B	31 October 1973	Transferred to Spain, 17 May 1978

Dyess	DD-880	17 August 1944	26 January 1945	21 May 1945	B	27 January 1981	Sold to Greece for spare parts, 8 July 1981

Bordelon	DD-881	9 September 1944	3 March 1945	5 June 1945	B	1 February 1977	Transferred to Iran, 1 July 1977

Furse	DD-882	23 September 1944	9 March 1945	10 July 1945	B	31 August 1972	Loaned to Spain, 1972; Sold, 17 May 1978

Newman K. Perry	DD-883	10 October 1944	17 March 1945	26 July 1945	B	27 February 1981	Transferred to South Korea, 27 February 1981

Floyd B. Parks	DD-884	30 October 1944	31 March 1945	31 July 1945	B	2 July 1973	Sold for scrap, 1 April 1974

John R. Craig	DD-885	17 November 1944	14 April 1945	20 August 1945	B	27 July 1979	Sunk as target, 17 June 1980

Orleck	DD-886	28 November 1944	12 May 1945	15 September 1945	B	1 October 1982	Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1982

Brinkley Bass	DD-887	20 December 1944	26 May 1945	1 October 1945	B	3 December 1973	Transferred to Brazil, 3 December 1973

Stickell	DD-888	5 January 1945	16 June 1945	31 October 1945	B	1 July 1972	Transferred to Greece, 1 July 1972

O'Hare	DD-889	27 January 1945	22 June 1945	29 November 1945	B	31 October 1973	Loaned to Spain, 31 October 1973; Sold, 17 May 1978

Meredith	DD-890	27 January 1945	28 June 1945	31 December 1945	B	29 June 1979	Transferred to Turkey, 29 June 1979

Sentence(s)

The name Charles H. Roan was allocated to DD-853 and the name Timmerman was allocated to DD-828.
DD-853 was named Charles H. Roan and DD-828 was named Timmerman.
Charles H. Roan's number was DD-853 and Timmerman's number was DD-828.

final_sentence: The name Charles H. Roan was allocated to DD-853 and the name Timmerman was allocated to DD-828.
final_sentence: DD-853 was named Charles H. Roan and DD-828 was named Timmerman.
final_sentence: Charles H. Roan's number was DD-853 and Timmerman's number was DD-828.